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The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December,…The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December,…
The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed five other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; never before printed. ...The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed fiue other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; neuer before printed. ...
London: printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, 1616
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE SACRIFICE OF THANKFULNESS, › Exclusively.THE SACRIFICE OF THANKFVLNESSE, › Exclusiuely.
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.
IT must be sine Pelle, sine Mel, sine Fell, sine Macula.
IT must be sine Pelle, sine Melle, sine Felle, sine Macula.
1. Sine Pelle, without the Skin of Ostentation; which indeed makes them not Sacrificia, but Sacrilegia, Not Sacrifices, but Sacrileges: They are so Opera muta, Dumb deeds: nay, rather Opera mendacij, Loud lying works; as if they told God a good tale how they loved him, when they meant to deceive him. God will require all untruths between man and man; but fallacies and falsehoods done between the Porch and the Altar, in the shadow of the Church, and under the pretence of his service, he will sorely revenge.
1. Sine Pelle, without the Skinne of Ostentation; which indeed makes them not Sacrificia, but Sacrilegia, Not Sacrifices, but Sacriledges: They are so Opera muta, Dumbe deedes: nay, rather Opera mendacij, Loude lying workes; as if they told God a good tale how they loued him, when they meant to deceiue him. God will require all vntruthes betweene man and man; but fallacies and falsehoods done betweene the Porch and the Altar, in the shadow of the Church, and vnder the pretence of his seruice, he will sorely reuenge.
The casting up of the Eyes, the bowing down of the Knees, the uncovering the Head, moving the Lips, knocking the Brest, sighing and crying, what mean they? are they not symptoms and demonstrative witnesses of an inward compunction? Are they not a protestation, that the Soul is speaking to God? If there be not an honest Heart within, this is but the Skin of a Sacrifice: And they that give God the Skin for the Body, God will give them the Skin for the Body; the shadow of Blessings for the substance.
The casting vp of the Eyes, the bowing downe of the Knees, the vncouering the Head, moouing the Lippes, knocking the Brest, sighing and crying, what meane they? are they not symptomes and demonstratiue witnesses of an inward compunction? Are they not a protestation, that the Soule is speaking to God? If there be not an honest Heart within, this is but the Skinne of a Sacrifice: And they that giue God the Skinne for the Bodie, God will giue them the Skinne for the Body; the shadow of Blessings for the substance.