A01981:1769
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Section 121: §. 121. Of practising our selves what we provoke others unto.
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.
3 Refusing to practice our selves what we exhort others to do, maketh our exhortations to be profitable nor to others, nor to our selves.
3 Refusing to practice our selves what we exhort others to doe, maketh our exhortations to be profitable nor to others, nor to our selves.
Not to others, because the edge of our exhortations must needs be much blunted thereby. For people will be ready to 1say, Physician heal thy self. Hardly will they be brought to think, that we speak to them from our hearts, or that we our selves are well persuaded of the equity, excellency, necessity and benefit of that whereunto we persuade them.
Not to others, because the edge of our exhortations must needs be much blunted thereby. For people wilbe ready to 1say, Physitian heale thy selfe. Hardly will they be brought to think, that we speake to them from our hearts, or that we our selves are well perswaded of the equity, excellency, necessity and benefit of that whereunto we perswade them.
Not to our selves, because thus they are made evidences against us, witnessing that we knew the right course which we refused to take; whereby we make our selves worthy of 1