An apologie of the power and providence of God in the government of the world. Or an examination and censure of the common errour touching natures perpetuall and universall decay, divided into foure bookes: ... / by G.H.D.D.

  • Hakewill, George, 1578-1649.
Date:
1627
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Credit: An apologie of the power and providence of God in the government of the world. Or an examination and censure of the common errour touching natures perpetuall and universall decay, divided into foure bookes: ... / by G.H.D.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ofgloommejje and darkneffe^a day ofclouds, formes and blackneffe, a day of the trumpet and alar me agamfi thejlrong cities and againf the hifj torvres. Then fhall the Sun be darkne<Land the Moone fhall be turned into bloud,and the ftarres fhall fall from heaucn as it were withered Jeaues from their trces,and the powers ofheauen fhall be fhaken,and the graucs fhall vo¬ mit vp their dead bodies,the heauens fhall pafle away with a noife, and fhriuel together like fcorched parchment,the elements fhall melt & dif- folue with heat,the lea & flouds fhall roare, & the Barth with the works that are therein fhall be burnt: vp,there flmll be horrible elapps of thun¬ der & flafhes of lightning, voyces & earthquakes, -fuch as neuer were fince men dwelt vpon the earth.* fuch howling, fuch lamentations, fuch skriches fhall be heard in euery corner ,that the hearts of men fhall tremble & wither for very feare and expectation ofthofe things which at that day fhall befall them. And now tell me whatmoitall heart can choofe but ake and quake at the remembrance of thefe vnfpeakable in- comprehenfible terrours. The Law was giuen with thunder & light- nings,and a thick cloud vpon the mount,with an exceeding lowde and fhrili found of the trumpet, fo that all the people were afrayde, yea fo terrible was the fight,that £aidjftart wd quake**; -Now if cMofes Exod.i 9. the fervant of the Lord quaked to heare the firft trumpet at the giuing of the Law, how fhall the wicked,condemned in their owne Confci- ence , tremble and quake to heare the fecond at the execution thereof:' Specially being arraigned atthebarre of fuch a ludge , apparelled with Robes of Majefly,& attended with millions of Angels: A Judge fo foueraigne as there lyes no appeale from him* fo wife as nothing can efcape his knowledge^ fo mighty as nothing can refill his power,fo vp- right as nothing can pervert his juftice, who neither can bee deceiued with fophiftry, nor blinded with gifts,nor terrified with threats. They fhall looke vpon him whom they haue wounded and gored with the fpeare of their blafphemies,with the nailes Of their eurfings and curfed oathes j who they haue buffeted & fpit vpon with their impiety & pro- phaneflqwho they haue again crucified to themfelues by their divelifh & damnable adions,trampling his pretious Bloud vnder foot by their impenitencie,putting him to open fhame by their infidelity, making a* mock of him by their obflinacy, and turning his grace into wantonnes by their prefumption. Holy ^sJugufine in one of his Sermons of the^a lafl Judgment ,brings in this glorious ludge thus expoflulating the matter 4 with thefe mifcreants at that Day. O man with mine owne handes 4 did I fafhion thee out of the flime of the earth: into thy earthly mem- * bers did I infufe a fpiritr I vouchfafed to bellow vpon thee mine own * Image.* I placed thee among the delights of Paradife ; but thou con- 4 temning the vitall efficacy of my Commandements, choofedft rather 4 to liflen to the tempter^then thy God. And when being expelled out 4 of Paradife by reafon of fin thou wert held in the chaines of death , I 4 was inclofed in the Virgins wombe, I was layde in the cratch, I was 4 wrapped in fwathing cloathes, I endured the fcorne of infancy & the 4 griefe of manhood,that fo being like vnto thee,I might make thee like 1 vnto my felfe.I bore the buffetings & fpittings of fcorners, I dranke 4 vineger