A01981:103
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
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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.
Sysim. Cease your wonder; The mother of this beautious girl which here Standeth before us for a certain cause Which you shall learn hereafter, laid her forth Clad in such weeds as commonly is used For such a purpose, so committing her ⟨image 7⟩To fortunes doubtful chance, but I by hap Finding her took her up, for tis not lawful That we neglect a soul when once it hath Entered a humane body, (being a precept Amongst the wise men with us, to be whose Unlearned scholar I was once judged worthy) Beads even in the infants eyes appeared, Something which bred both wonder and delight. With her I found this bag of precious stones Which I gave you of late, and a like cloth Wrought full with letters in her mother tongue, Wherein contained was her whole estate; Her mother as I guess procured the same, Which after I had read, I knew from whence and what she was, and therefore carried her Into the Land far distant from the City Delivering her to certain honest shepherds To bring her up, with charge that they should not Reveal her unto any; for those things That were found with her I detained with me, Least for them she might suffer any danger, And thus at first this matter was kept close.
Sysim. Cease your wonder; The mother of this beautious girle which here Standeth before us for a certaine cause Which you shall learne hereafter, laid her forth Clad in such weeds as commonly is us'd For such a purpose, so committing her ⟨image 7⟩To fortunes doubtfull chance, but I by hap Finding her tooke her up, for tis not lawfull That we neglect a soule when once it hath Entred a humane body, (being a precept Amongst the wise men with us, to be whose Unlearned scholler I was once judg'd worthy) Beades even in the infants eyes appear'd, Something which bred both wonder and delight. With her I found this bag of precious stones Which I gave you of late, and a like cloth Wrought full with letters in her mother tongue, Wherein contayned was her whole estate; Her mother as I ghesse procur'd the same, Which after I had read, I knew from whence and what shee was, and therefore carryed her Into the Land farre distant from the City Delivering her to certaine honest shepheards To bring her up, with charge that they should not Reveale her unto any; for those things That were found with her I detain'd with me, Least for them she might suffer any danger, And thus at first this matter was kept close.