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The gallants burden A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the twenty nine of March,…The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March,…
The gallants burden A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the twenty nine of March, being the fifth Sunday in Lent. 1612. By Tho. Adams ...The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March, being the fift Sunday in Lent. 1612. By Tho. Adams ...
London: printed by W. White for Clement Knight, 1612
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.
But, You gave them not, therefore, (lie maledictj) Go ye cursed; so Come ye blessed. What, because ye dealt justly, and gave every man his due? no, these virtues may be in moral men that want Faith and Christianity: But, You gave them your own bread; Hungry, and clad them Naked, with your own clothes; therefore, Come ye blessed.
But, You gaue them not, therefore, (lie maledictj) Goe ye cursed; so Come yee blessed. What, because ye dealt iustly, and gaue euery man his due? no, these vertues may be in morall men that want Fayth and Christianitie: But, You gaue them your owne bread; Hungry, and clad them Naked, with your owne cloathes; therefore, Come ye blessed.
What use you will make of this, I know not; what use you should make, I know: If the Tree without good fruit shall be burned, what shall become of the Tree that hath evil? If Barrenness be cast into the fire, what doth Rapine and Robbery deserve? If it be damnation enough to deny our own Bread, what is it to take away the only Loaf, Coat, or Cottage of our poor brother? Woe to the Back that wears the Garment, to the Bellies that devours the Food, they never sweat for; I mean, that by force or fraud, took them from the owners. If Naball and Dives burn for not giving their own, what shall become of Ahab and Jezebel, ⟨p. 31⟩for taking away the Vineyard of Naboth? If the righteous be scarcely saved, 1where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
What vse you will make of this, I know not; what vse you should make, I know: If the Tree without good fruite shalbe burned, what shall become of the Tree that hath euill? If Barrennesse be cast into the fire, what doth Rapine and Robberie deserue? If it be damnation enough to deny our owne Bread, what is it to take away the onely Loafe, Coate, or Cottage of our poore brother? Woe to the Backe that weares the Garment, to the Bellies that deuowers the Food, they neuer sweate for; I meane, that by force or fraud, tooke them from the owners. If Naball and Diues burne for not giuing their owne, what shall become of Ahab and Iesabell,