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A85666 An exposition of the five first chapters of the prophet Ezekiel, with useful observations thereupon. / Delivered in severall lectures in London, by William Greenhill. Greenhill, William, 1591-1671. 1645 (1645) Wing G1851; Thomason E272_1; ESTC R212187 422,046 514

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child_n of_o disobedience_n and_o by_o that_o spirit_n whereof_o he_o be_v lord_n he_o can_v move_v they_o any_o way_n as_o the_o wind_n and_o cloud_n and_o carry_v they_o against_o christ_n and_o his_o truth_n now_o hence_o i_o infer_v that_o if_o satan_n and_o ill_a angel_n be_v as_o god_n prince_n in_o this_o world_n have_v power_n in_o the_o air_n and_o heart_n of_o wicked_a man_n then_o must_v it_o need_v follow_v that_o good_a angel_n be_v as_o god_n and_o prince_n and_o have_v as_o much_o power_n in_o the_o world_n and_o heart_n of_o good_a man_n as_o they_o otherwise_o devil_n shall_v gain_v by_o their_o fall_n more_o than_o ever_o they_o have_v by_o their_o stand_n and_o it_o be_v not_o credible_a that_o wicked_a damn_a spirit_n shall_v have_v more_o honourable_a title_n and_o large_a power_n than_o the_o holy_a and_o glorious_a angel_n what_o be_v those_o service_n the_o good_a angel_n be_v employ_v in_o answ_n 1._o to_o inform_v we_o of_o god_n will_n and_o god_n of_o our_o 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will_v be_v dreadful_a for_o he_o have_v a_o unknown_a name_n belong_v to_o he_o in_o his_o way_n of_o rule_v and_o judgement_n rev._n 19.12_o and_o this_o will_v be_v know_v when_o he_o set_v up_o his_o kingdom_n among_o the_o jew_n say_v brightman_n 3._o that_o he_o be_v zealous_a in_o sentence_v and_o punish_v malefactor_n he_o be_v pruna_fw-la sum_n ignita_fw-la and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o here_o be_v a_o fire_n within_o zeal_n in_o his_o breast_n a_o spirit_n of_o burn_v within_o you_o may_v see_v the_o zeal_n of_o christ_n in_o joh._n 2.14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o the_o temple_n be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n and_o by_o divine_a appointment_n set_v apart_o for_o worship_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v make_v a_o place_n of_o merchandise_n but_o christ_n come_v and_o find_v in_o the_o temple_n those_o that_o sell_v ox_n sheep_n dove_n and_o changer_n of_o money_n sit_v make_v a_o scourge_n of_o small_a cord_n and_o whip_v they_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n like_o a_o company_n of_o rogue_n 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to_o man_n when_o the_o french_a have_v get_v some_o victory_n in_o scotland_n against_o the_o reform_a part_n there_o the_o queen_n regent_n break_v out_o into_o these_o speech_n where_o be_v now_o knox_n his_o god_n now_o my_o god_n be_v better_a than_o knox_n his_o god_n here_o be_v a_o blasphemous_a passage_n and_o have_v we_o not_o such_o blasphemy_n in_o our_o day_n where_o be_v now_o your_o god_n of_o prayer_n and_o fast_v what_o be_v become_v of_o all_o your_o hear_n preach_v and_o seek_v of_o yo●●_n god_n i_o may_v add_v another_o particular_a which_o be_v the_o thorn●_n counsel_v that_o wicked_a man_n do_v give_v 1_o king_n 21.9_o what_o counsel_n jezebel_n give_v against_o naboth_n proclaim_v a_o fast_n set_v he_o up_o on_o high_a among_o the_o people_n and_o set_v two_o son_n of_o belial_n before_o he_o to_o bear_v witness_n against_o he_o that_o he_o blaspheme_v god_n and_o the_o king_n here_o be_v word_n of_o death_n here_o be_v counsel_n from_o hell_n it_o be_v not_o 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or_o as_o it_o be_v more_o full_o in_o chap._n 2._o ver_fw-la 5._o constat_fw-la regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la in_o eloquentia_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la constat_fw-la that_o their_o faith_n shall_v not_o stand_v in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n it_o will_v go_v off_o from_o one_o to_o another_o as_o man_n be_v more_o witty_a and_o hold_v out_o the_o truth_n in_o siner_n and_o more_o entice_a expression_n which_o will_v prove_v evil_a therefore_o he_o decline_v the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n and_o preach_v in_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o their_o faith_n may_v stand_v in_o the_o power_n of_o god_n in_o such_o conviction_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o may_v breed_v invincible_a steadfastness_n in_o they_o second_o not_o to_o please_v man_n gal._n 1.10_o do_v i_o seek_v to_o please_v man_n if_o that_o be_v my_o end_n i_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o christ_n but_o he_o must_v serve_v christ_n in_o save_v of_o soul_n not_o in_o please_v of_o man_n when_o that_o be_v propound_v unto_o man_n they_o will_v subject_v truth_n to_o man_n humour_n and_o become_v flatterer_n but_o minister_n must_v not_o do_v so_o not_o frame_v their_o sermon_n according_a to_o man_n humour_n and_o mind_n jer._n 15.19_o let_v they_o return_v unto_o thou_o but_o return_v not_o thou_o unto_o they_o do_v not_o thou_o comply_v debase_v the_o truth_n to_o please_v they_o but_o speak_v as_o the_o oracle_n of_o god_n and_o let_v they_o please_v or_o provoke_v it_o matter_n not_o the_o provoke_a of_o they_o may_v be_v the_o near_a way_n to_o their_o salvation_n and_o that_o be_v thy_o end_n three_o not_o to_o get_v a_o live_n that_o be_v not_o the_o end_n of_o a_o prophet_n office_n it_o be_v to_o make_v man_n live_v man_n to_o save_v their_o life_n and_o soul_n paul_n preach_v the_o gospel_n without_o charge_n to_o any_o and_o tell_v the_o corinthian_n he_o seek_v they_o not_o they_o their_o soul_n not_o their_o substance_n yet_o he_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o 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breach_n of_o england_n let_v they_o be_v instruction_n unto_o we_o let_v we_o all_o say_v with_o isaiah_n 26.8_o 9_o in_o the_o way_n of_o thy_o judgement_n o_o lord_n have_v we_o wait_v for_o thou_o the_o desire_n of_o our_o soul_n be_v to_o thy_o name_n and_o to_o the_o remembrance_n of_o thou_o with_o my_o soul_n have_v i_o desire_v thou_o in_o the_o night_n yea_o with_o my_o spirit_n within_o i_o will_v i_o seek_v thou_o early_o for_o when_o thy_o judgement_n be_v in_o the_o earth_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n will_v learn_v righteousness_n heathen_a inhabitant_n will_v do_v it_o and_o shall_v not_o christian_n its_o seasonable_a wisdom_n to_o learn_v by_o the_o blow_n of_o other_o a_o astonishment_n not_o for_o stupify_a and_o harden_v which_o sometime_o be_v the_o end_n and_o fruit_n of_o judgement_n but_o for_o admiration_n god_n will_v so_o deal_v with_o jerusalem_n and_o her_o inhabitant_n that_o the_o nation_n round_o about_o shall_v be_v astonish_v at_o his_o deal_n god_n will_v make_v they_o a_o astonishment_n a_o hiss_a and_o a_o perpetual_a desolation_n jer._n 25.9_o yea_o the_o plague_n of_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v such_o that_o every_o one_o that_o pass_v by_o shall_v be_v astonish_v and_o hiss_v jer._n 19.9_o yea_o many_o nation_n shall_v say_v wherefore_o have_v the_o lord_n do_v thus_o to_o this_o great_a city_n jer._n 22.8_o deut._n 29.22_o 23_o 24._o god_n say_v the_o plague_n of_o that_o land_n shall_v be_v such_o as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v like_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n so_o great_a so_o strange_a that_o all_o nation_n shall_v say_v wherefore_o have_v the_o lord_n do_v thus_o unto_o this_o land_n what_o mean_v the_o heat_n of_o this_o great_a anger_n god_n may_v have_v do_v thus_o with_o this_o great_a city_n with_o this_o pleasant_a land_n but_o he_o have_v spare_v we_o and_o we_o have_v cause_n to_o be_v as_o much_o astonish_v at_o his_o mercy_n as_o they_o be_v at_o his_o judgement_n let_v we_o fear_v reform_v lest_o 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