A01981:771
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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Hydas. What will you counsel me to do herein, Sysimethres and thou most reverend Priest, I will be guided by your wisdoms wholly In this affair,
Hydas. What will you counsell me to doe herein, Sysimethres and thou most reverend Priest, I will be guided by your wisdomes wholly In this affaire,
Sysim. Through the exercise of joy The wisest men, oft-times we se• are blinded. For at the first, great King you might perceive The gods liked not this sacrifice which was Ordained, who have every way declared Cariclea your daughter, and brought hither Out of the midst of Greece this reverend man, Who brought her up, to forti•e your faith. Moreover it is plain by many •ignes And secret revelations that the gods Have fore-decreed this couple man and wife, And to that end have •reed them from so many And imminent dangers, therefore let us suffer These divine miracles to •inke into O•• understandings, and from this time forward Do sacrifices more acceptable Unto the gods, who are not pleased with Humane oblations, but the blood of beasts.
Sysim. Through the exercise of joy The wisest men, oft-times we se• are blinded. For at the first, great King you might perceive The gods lik'd not this sacrifice which was Ordained, who have every way declar'd Cariclea your daughter, and brought hither Out of the midst of Greece this reverend man, Who bro•ght her up, to forti•e your faith. Moreover it is plaine by many •ignes And secret revelations that the gods Have fore-decreed this couple man and wife, And to that end have •reed them from so many And imminent dangers, therefore let us suffer These divine miracles to inke into O understandings, and from this time forward Doe sacrifices more acceptable Unto the gods, who are not pleased with Humane oblations, but the blood of beasts.