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God's promise to his plantations
God's promise to his plantations; [Three lines from Samuel] / As it was delivered in a sermon by John Cotton, B.D. and preacher of God's word in Boston. ; [Seven lines from Psalms]
Boston: printed by William Jones for John Bellamy, 1686
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. God alloweth a man to remove, When he may employ his Talents and Gifts better elsewhere; especially when where he is, he is not bound by any special engagement. Thus God sent Joseph before to preserve the Church: Joseph's Wisdom and Spirit was not fit for a Shepherd, but for a Counsellor of State, and therefore God sent him into Egypt. To whom much is given, of him God will require ⟨p. 9⟩the more? Luk. 12. 48.
4. God alloweth a man to remove, When he may imploy his Talents and Gifts better elsewhere; especially when where he is, he is not bound by any special engagement. Thus God sent Joseph before to preserve the Church: Joseph's Wisdom and Spirit was not fit for a Shepherd, but for a Counsellor of State, and therefore God sent him into Egypt. To whom much is given, of him God will require ⟨p. 9⟩the more? Luk. 12. 48.
5. For the liberty of the Ordinances. 2 Chron. 11. 13, 14, 15. When Jeroboam made a defection from Judas, and set up golden Calves to worship, all that were well affected, both Priests and People, sold their Possessions, and came to Jerusalem for the Ordinances sake. This Case was of seasonable use to our Fathers in the days of Queen Mary; who removed to France and Germany in the beginning of her Reign, upon Proclamation of alteration of Religion, before any Persecution began.
5. For the liberty of the Ordinances. 2 Chron. 11. 13, 14, 15