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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
THE SINNERS MOURNING HABIT. › In dust and ashes.THE SINNERS MOVRNING HABITE. › In dust and ashes.
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.
For Ashes, they are the Emblem or representation of greater misery: Dust only shows ⟨p. 25⟩us, that we have deserved the dissolution of our bodies; Ashes put us in mind that we have merited also the destruction of our Souls. Ashes are the leavings of the fire, the offals of consumed substances. When God shall give up the largest buildings of Nature to the rage of that Element, it shall reduce them to a narrow room, the remnants shall be but ashes. This was all the Monument of those famous cities, Sodom, 1Gomorra, and the rest; heaps of ashes. Ecce vix totam Hercules implevit urnam, says the Poet; that great Giant scarce makes a pitcher of ashes.
For Ashes, they are the Embleme or representation of greater misery: Dust onely shewes ⟨p. 25⟩vs, that wee haue deserued the dissolution of our bodies; Ashes put vs in mind that wee haue merited also the destruction of our Soules. Ashes are the leauings of the fire, the offalls of consumed substances. When God shall giue vp the largest buildings of Nature to the rage of that Element, it shall reduce them to a narrowe roome, the remnants shall bee but ashes. This was all the Monument of those famous cities, Sodome, 1Gomorra, and the rest; heapes of ashes. Ecce vix totam Hercules impleuit vrnam, sayes the Poet; that great Gyant scarce makes a pitcher of ashes.
For this cause, the Ancients used to repent in Ashes; remonstrating to themselves, that they deserved burning in endless fire, more then those Ashes wherein they wallowed. Yea, if Abraham compared himself to dust and ashes, I may compare my soul to a spark hid in the Ashes: which, when sickness and death shall stir up; like fire, she takes her flight upwards, and leaves the heavy fruitless ashes of my body behind her.