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The devils banquet described in four sermons [brace], 1. The banquet propounded, begun, 2.…The deuills banket described in foure sermons [brace], 1. The banket propounded, begunne, 2.…
The devils banquet described in four sermons [brace], 1. The banquet propounded, begun, 2. The second service, 3. The breaking up of the feast, 4. The shot or reckoning, [and] The sinners passing-bell, together with Physic from heaven / published by Thomas Adams ...The deuills banket described in foure sermons [brace], 1. The banket propounded, begunne, 2. The second seruice, 3. The breaking vp of the feast, 4. The shot or reckoning, [and] The sinners passing-bell, together with Phisicke from heauen / published by Thomas Adams ...
London: printed by Thomas Snodham for Ralph Mab, 1614
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. They say, that Balm taken fasting, Asthmaticis valde confert, is very good against short-windednesse. Truly, Gods word lengthens and strengthens the breath of grace; which otherwise would be short, the conscience (as the lungs) being soon obstructed with iniquities. For goodness soon faints, where the word is not without the Gospel, the health of obedience looseth, and the disease of sin gathers strength.
1. They say, that Balme taken fasting, Asthmaticis valde confert, is very good against short-windednesse. Truly, Gods word lengthens and strengthens the breath of grace; which otherwise would be short, the conscience (as the lungs) being soone obstructed with iniquities. For goodnesse soone faints, where the word is not without the Gospell, the health of obedience looseth, and the disease of sinne gathers strength.
2. They say, that Balm taken inwardly, dissolves, and breaks the stone in the reins. But Jeremiah, in Gods Physic-book, saith, that our Balm is as a Hammer to break othe stone in the heart. The stone in the reins is dangerous, in the bladder painful, but none so deadly as the stone in the heart. This Balm supples the stony heart, and turns it into a heart of flesh.
2. They say, that Balme taken inwardly, dissolues, and breakes the stone in the reynes. But Ieremie, in Gods Phisicke-booke, saith, that our Balme is as a Hammer to breake othe stone in the heart. The stone in the reines is dangerous, in the bladder painefull, but none so deadly as the stone in the heart. This Balme supples the stonie heart, and turnes it into a heart of flesh.