Scriptures opened and sundry cases of conscience resolved, in plain and practical answers to several questions, upon the proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel / by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, William Thomas ...

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Title: Scriptures opened and sundry cases of conscience resolved, in plain and practical answers to several questions, upon the proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel / by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, William Thomas ...
Author: Thomas, William, 1593-1667.
Publication: London :: Printed for Sampson Evans, Bookseller in Worcester,; 1675.
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Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T. -- Proverbs -- Commentaries.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Ecclesiastes -- Commentaries.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Jeremiah -- Commentaries.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Lamentations -- Commentaries.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Ezekiel -- Commentaries.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Daniel -- Commentaries.
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Q. But what shall be said to the Fugitives that fell to the Chaldeans, Jer. 38. 19. & 39. 9. are they to be commended?

A. It's one thing to fly out of Fear as those Run-aways did, another to yield out of Faith and Obedience to God, which was the thing Jeremy perswaded, and intended it should be done by the ge∣nerality, not an inconsiderable compa∣ny; yet they that fell to the Chaldeans by flight, fared the better for it with the ene∣my it's like (though they were captivated also, Jer. 39. 9.) but had they faln to him by Faith, they should have found favour with the enemy, and with God also, as Jer. 39. 18.