§. 69. Of Gods avenging.
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§. 69. Of Gods avenging.
VIII. *IT is God that avengeth. The Lord challengeth this as his own prerogative. aTo me (saith he) belongeth vengeance. bVengeance is mine. Justly therefore doth the Psalmist give this title to him, cGod of vengeances: and by an delegant figure thus doubles it, O Lord God of vengeances, O God of vengeances. So the Prophet Nahum, and that with somewhat more emphasis,