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the joy of the just with the signs of such. A discourse tending to…the ioy of the iust vvith the signes of such. A discourse tending to…
the joy of the just with the signs of such. A discourse tending to the comfort of the dejected and afflicted; and to the trial of sincerity. Being the enlargement of a sermon preached at Black-Friars London; on Psal. 95. 11. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.the ioy of the iust vvith the signes of such. A discourse tending to the comfort of the deiected and afflicted; and to the triall of sinceritie. Being the enlargement of a sermon preached at Black-Friers London; on Psal. 95. 11. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by John Haviland for Fulke Clifton, 1623London: printed by Iohn Hauiland for Fulke Clifton, 1623
THE JOY OF THE JUST: WITH THE SIGNS OF SUCH.THE IOY OF THE IVST: WITH THE SIGNES OF SVCH.
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.
Such occasions and occurrents then are the godly subject unto now and then, that through their weakness oft disturb much and dim their joy for a time. And are not worldly men also subject to many diseases, disasters, crosses, griefs, discontentments, that set them oft off the hinges, and mar all their mirth? It is an unequal thing then for them to tax religion for that, or to twit the religious with it, whichm to all other courses of life is incident as well as to it. An unequal thing for them to require such an equal tenure of disposition from a Christian man, in all occurrents and accidents, as no other is able to exhibit. They mayn as well require mirth of a natural man in the middest of some sharp fit of a burning fever or the like, as require alacrity and cheerfulness of a Christian in some such cases.
Such occasions and occurrents then are the godly subiect vnto now and then, that through their weaknesse oft disturbe much and dimme their ioy for a time. And are not worldly men also subiect to many diseases, disasters, crosses, griefes, discontentments, that set them oft off the hinges, and marre all their mirth? It is an vnequall thing then for them to taxe religion for that, or to twit the religious with it, whichm to all other courses of life is incident as well as to it. An vnequall thing for them to require such an equall tenure of disposition from a Christian man, in all occurrents and accidents, as no other is able to exhibite. They mayn as well require mirth of a naturall man in the middest of some sharpe fit of a burning feuer or the like, as require alacritie and cheerefulnesse of a Christian in some such cases.
- m[Greek or Hebrew]. Simonides apud Plut. de util. ex inim.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Simonides apud Plut. de util. ex inim.
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