A spiritual antidote against sinful contagion in dying times a cordial for believers in dying times with a corrosive for wicked men in dying times / at first written as a letter to private friends in daily expectation of death by the plague, and afterwards printed for more public good.
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A spiritual antidote against sinful contagion in dying times a cordial for believers in dying times with a corrosive for wicked men in dying times / at first written as a letter to private friends in daily expectation of death by the plague, and afterwards printed for more public good.
Author
Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707.
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London :: [s.n.],
Printed in the year of visitation, 1665.
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"A spiritual antidote against sinful contagion in dying times a cordial for believers in dying times with a corrosive for wicked men in dying times / at first written as a letter to private friends in daily expectation of death by the plague, and afterwards printed for more public good." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36330.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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DUTY VII.
BE sensible of Gods Judgments. When the Rod is in the Fathers hand, shall not the Children tremble? Especially when so many fall daily by such a sore hand of God? This is one of Gods secret Judgments, Ezek. 14. 21. Gods hand is lifted up, and shall we not see it. Isai. 26. 11. Then the judgment is judicial onely; then it is not to cure, but to kill: When Gods hand is lift∣ed up, then we should lie down at his feet; when God lifteth up his hand, then for any man to lift up heart in pride and obstinacy, is daring-provo∣cation unto God. This prsent judgment is, first, A Speaking judgment. The word that signifies the Plague, comes from a word that signifies to speak. God in lesser judgments whispereth to a sinner, but in a Plague, he speaketh out. Second∣ly, A Plague is a wasting and consuming Judg∣ment; it is a sweeping Judgment. Thirdly, It is a Judgment that may be brought upon persons by their nearest friends, and that secretly and invisi∣bly conveyed from one unto another. Fourth∣ly, It is a very uncomfortable Judgment when we are sick of other diseases, it is comfort to see our Neighbors at our Bed-side, and our Relations looking on our dying bodies; to have them speak to us, pray by us, and for us. But this Judg∣ment makes a Friend to be afraid of his Friend. Oh take heed of security and stupidity under this afflicting Hand of God.
Notes
Sense of Gods Judg∣ments, particu∣larly the Plague.