Warre.
CIuill dessension and warre, is commonly by Gods iust iudgement sent into those landes for their sinnes,* 1.1 which he wil afterward destroy and bring to desolation in short time. The roote
An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.
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- An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.
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- Wither, George, 1540-1605.
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- London :: Printed by Robert VValdegraue for Thomas Man and William Brome,
- 1585.
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- Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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"An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15621.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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and welspring of all contentions & warres grow from our corrupt lusts and affections,* 1.2 that fight and striue in our members. Upon stubborn trās∣gressors of Gods law, God will sende a sword to auenge the quarell of his couenaunt,* 1.3 And when they flye into their City, he will send pestilence among them, and they shall bee deliuered into the hande of their enimy. In warre peace is to be offered, and to bee perfourmed to them which peaceably yeelde themselues,* 1.4 and are content to become Tributaries. If we be of great skill in warlike affayres,* 1.5 we are to blesse God, who tea∣cheth our handes to fight, and our fingers to bat∣tell.
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* 1.1
••say. 19 2.
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* 1.2
Iames. 4.1
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* 1.3
Leuit. 26.25.
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* 1.4
Deut. 10.1••
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* 1.5
Psalm. 144.1.