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Dauids strait A sermon preached at Pauls-Crosse, Iuly 8. 1621. By Samuel Buggs Bachelor of Diuinitie, sometime Fellow of Sidney-Sussex Colledge in Cambridge: and now minister of the word of God in Couentrie.
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Buggs, Samuel.
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STC 4022; ESTC S106913
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cunning_a apothecary_n may_v either_o serve_v as_o a_o antidote_n to_o prevent_v sin_n or_o a_o cordial_n to_o such_o as_o have_v surfeit_v on_o the_o sour_a grape_n of_o sinne._n this_o text_n be_v then_o a_o fit_a place_n for_o a_o preacher_n of_o repentance_n for_o here_o be_v much_o water_n wherein_o if_o i_o shall_v wade_v but_o shallow_a it_o be_v not_o that_o i_o fear_v to_o wet_v my_o foot_n for_o to_o do_v any_o good_a i_o be_o you_o as_o you_o be_v christ_n but_o i_o have_v just_a cause_n to_o fear_v that_o either_o some_o storm_n of_o your_o molest_a patience_n or_o my_o faint_a heart_n through_o my_o own_o weakness_n may_v sink_v both_o i_o and_o my_o poor_a meditation_n to_o the_o bottom_n how_o david_n fall_v into_o this_o strait_n some_o there_o have_v be_v who_o as_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o world_n original_a 1._o phys_n 1._o so_o also_o of_o the_o rule_n and_o government_n of_o the_o same_o and_o do_v therefore_o father_n many_o particular_a passage_n upon_o fatal_a necessity_n but_o aristotle_n and_o the_o rest_n which_o follow_v etiam_fw-la comite_fw-la ratione_fw-la do_v sound_o confute_v and_o worthy_o explode_v this_o their_o error_n as_o find_v a_o necessity_n of_o the_o dependence_n of_o all_o effect_n upon_o some_o certain_a cause_n which_o yet_o they_o be_v but_o flesh_n and_o blood_n discern_v only_o to_o be_v natural_a but_o we_o who_o have_v the_o true_a prospective_n glass_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n may_v easy_o discern_v though_o a_o far_o off_o a_o supreme_a power_n guide_v and_o rule_v all_o particular_a occurrence_n whatsoever_o 10.29_o mat._n 10.29_o to_o the_o fall_n of_o a_o sparrow_n from_o the_o house_n or_o a_o hair_n from_o our_o head_n which_o as_o it_o have_v a_o interest_n in_o all_o thing_n so_o also_o in_o this_o strait_a of_o david_n that_o as_o jacob_n speak_v 28.16_o gen._n 28.16_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o this_o place_n and_o i_o know_v it_o not_o so_o the_o lord_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o this_o strait_a though_o man_n be_v not_o aware_a of_o it_o for_o war_n i_o know_v it_o be_v oftentimes_o the_o curse_a issue_n of_o boundless_a ambition_n as_o it_o be_v in_o alexander_n vnus_fw-la pellaeo_n iweni_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la orbis_fw-la aestuat_fw-la infaelix_fw-la angusto_fw-la limit_fw-la mundi_fw-la 10._o juu_n sat._n 10._o or_o as_o in_o the_o roman_n that_o they_o may_v be_v rerum_fw-la domini_fw-la or_o as_o in_o the_o proud_a race_n of_o ottoman_a now_o advance_v his_o moony_n standard_n in_o polonia_n or_o else_o it_o may_v be_v conceive_v by_o the_o seed_n of_o covetousness_n as_o in_o pyrrhus_n the_o epyrote_n philip_n of_o macedon_n to_o grow_v rich_a by_o the_o spoil_n of_o other_o as_o though_o god_n and_o nature_n have_v give_v they_o the_o impropriation_n of_o all_o or_o else_o this_o fire_n may_v be_v beget_v by_o collision_n of_o slint_n and_o steel_n as_o in_o simeon_n and_o levy_n to_o revenge_v the_o rape_n of_o dinah_n 15._o gen._n 34.25_o 1_o sam._n 15._o or_o as_o in_o saul_n who_o smite_v the_o amalekite_n for_o a_o former_a injury_n proffer_v to_o the_o wander_a israelite_n but_o at_o this_o time_n there_o be_v no_o war_n in_o hand_n or_o if_o there_o have_v the_o arm_n of_o israel_n and_o his_o bow_n be_v so_o strong_a that_o have_v almighty_a god_n stand_v but_o as_o a_o indifferent_a spectator_n the_o glory_n can_v not_o in_o all_o probability_n have_v depart_v from_o israel_n for_o famine_n it_o may_v proceed_v from_o the_o supine_n negligence_n of_o a_o people_n who_o have_v rather_o beg_v then_o labour_n yea_o almost_o starve_v then_o labour_n and_o so_o live_v idle_o quasi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la daret_fw-la omne_fw-la tellus_fw-la ovid._n ovid._n or_o else_o when_o some_o shall_v labour_v and_o other_o eat_v the_o labour_n of_o their_o hand_n 6.11_o judg._n 6.11_o when_o gideon_n wheat_n without_o hide_v shall_v feed_v midian_a or_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o sabaean_o spoil_n job_n of_o his_o cattle_n and_o provision_n 1.15.17_o job_n 1.15.17_o or_o by_o the_o horrible_a gluttony_n drunkenness_n and_o excess_n of_o the_o time_n by_o prodigious_a &_o prodigal_a usage_n of_o the_o good_a creature_n of_o god_n 11.28_o act_n 11.28_o as_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o day_n of_o claudius_n caesar_n of_o who_o xiphiline_n report_v that_o he_o be_v wont_v indulgere_fw-la conviviis_fw-la effusissimè_fw-la but_o there_o be_v now_o no_o famine_n claudii_n in_o vita_fw-la claudii_n that_o for_o the_o gibeonite_n be_v stay_v by_o atonement_n as_o appear_v cap._n 2_o 1._o the_o land_n now_o give_v her_o increase_n and_o abound_v as_o it_o do_v with_o milk_n and_o honey_n may_v be_v a_o sufficient_a cornucopia_n to_o relieve_v all_o the_o family_n of_o israel_n so_o that_o neither_o nature_n on_o the_o one_o side_n nor_o man_n on_o the_o other_o be_v like_a to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o strait_a this_o by_o way_n of_o probability_n pestilence_n when_o i_o consider_v this_o last_o plague_n and_o punishment_n although_o there_o may_v be_v some_o natural_a reason_n of_o it_o give_v yet_o this_o come_n so_o sudden_o without_o any_o previous_a disposition_n of_o air_n or_o body_n i_o can_v but_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v a_o immediate_a arrow_n shoot_v from_o god_n quiver_n verè_fw-la opus_fw-la et_fw-la digitus_fw-la dei_fw-la 3.6_o amos_n 3.6_o nor_o can_v this_o kind_n of_o evil_n have_v be_v in_o the_o city_n if_o the_o lord_n himself_o have_v not_o wrought_v it_o this_o make_v the_o measure_n of_o david_n sorrow_n before_o press_v down_o now_o to_o run_v over_o when_o he_o apprehend_v not_o only_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n to_o fight_v against_o he_o 5.20_o judg._n 5.20_o as_o they_o do_v against_o sisera_n but_o even_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o stretch_v out_o arm_n he_o who_o valour_n whilom_o laugh_v at_o the_o stern_a visage_n of_o goliath_n fear_n and_o tremble_a be_v now_o come_v upon_o he_o and_o sorrow_n as_o upon_o a_o woman_n in_o 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profugus_fw-la 1.12_o jon._n 1.12_o a_o runaway_n from_o god_n pone_fw-la poenam_fw-la supponis_fw-la culpam_fw-la for_o sure_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v so_o great_a in_o pardon_v sin_n when_o it_o be_v commit_v may_v full_o persuade_v we_o that_o he_o will_v never_o punish_v till_o it_o be_v commit_v propter_fw-la i_o haec_fw-la tempestas_fw-la say_v jonah_n 1.12_o jonah_n 1.12_o propter_fw-la i_o haec_fw-la pestis_fw-la may_v david_n say_v until_o man_n be_v actor_n of_o sin_n god_n be_v never_o author_n of_o punishment_n 13.9_o judg._n 16.30_o os_fw-la 13.9_o the_o philistines_n house_n fall_v not_o upon_o samson_n unless_o his_o own_o hand_n pull_v it_o down_o israel_n destruction_n be_v not_o but_o of_o herself_o non_fw-la tellus_fw-la cymbam_fw-la tellurem_fw-la cymba_fw-la reliquit_fw-la for_o as_o adam_n have_v not_o be_v mortal_a have_v he_o not_o be_v sinful_a no_o more_o shall_v his_o posterity_n ever_o smart_v but_o by_o the_o sore_a of_o sin_n when_o sin_n be_v finish_v if_o we_o have_v not_o occasion_n to_o glorify_v god_n mercy_n in_o pardon_v we_o we_o shall_v be_v compel_v to_o acknowledge_v his_o justice_n in_o punish_v us._n 1._o theorem_fw-la 1._o hence_o observe_v that_o previous_a sin_n be_v always_o the_o cause_n of_o subsequent_a misery_n yea_o it_o be_v proprium_fw-la omni_fw-la soli_fw-la though_o not_o semper_fw-la to_o have_v sin_n the_o prodromus_fw-la the_o forerunner_n of_o judgement_n and_o the_o only_a prologue_n to_o the_o say_a tragedy_n of_o one_o man_n or_o the_o general_a ruin_n of_o many_o have_v not_o david_n number_v israel_n gad_n have_v not_o threaten_v it_o god_n have_v not_o punish_v it_o the_o heathen_a themselves_o can_v so_o far_o justify_v their_o suppose_a god_n in_o this_o kind_n as_o to_o confess_v that_o when_o sin_n prevail_v not_o before_o 3._o hor._n carm._n lib._n 1._o od._n 3._o