A01379:167
Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habitFiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit
Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King James into blessedness. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the triennial visitation of the right reverend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chapel by Guildhall, at the solemn election of the right honourable the lord major of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Cross, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Cross. August 5. By Tho: Adams.Fiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King Iames into blessednesse. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the trienniall visitation of the right reuerend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chappell by Guildhall, at the solemne election of the right honorable the lord maior of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Crosse, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Crosse. August 5. By Tho: Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for John Grismand, 1626London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for Iohn Grismand, 1626
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.
A Consultation; Then said he to the Dresser of his Vineyard. A Complaint. Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this Fig-tree, and find none. A Sentence; Cut it down. A Reason; Why cumbers it the ground?
A Consultation; Then sayd hee to the Dress•r of his Vineyard. A Complaint. Behold, these three yeeres I come seeking fruit on this Fig-tree, and find none. A Sentence; Cut it downe. A Reason; Why cumbers it the ground?
The Consultation. Then said be unto, &c.
The Consultation. Then said be vnto, &c.
Dixit, non percussit: hee spake, he stroke not: he might have spared words, and begun ⟨p. 5⟩with wounds. The Tree had rather deserved the Axe and Fire, then a Consultation of recovery. How easily would man have rejected his hopeless brother▪ as when a piece of clay will not work to his mind, the Potter throws it away: or we cast foul rags to the dung-hill, little thinking that they may become white paper. But with God, Verba antecedunt verbera; he will be heard before he be felt. Our first Parents, when they had sinned, Vocem andiverunt, Heard the voice of God: 1He reasoned with them, before he condemned them. If the fathers word can correct the child, he will let the rod alone. Wicked men use the sudden Arguments of steel and iron; as Joab discoursed with Amasa, 2