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,…

Whiles you trip up mens heels with Frauds. lay them along with Suits, tread on them with Oppressions, blow them up with Usuries, Injuries: Your Sacrifice is full of Gall. It was said in wonder; Is Saul among the Prophets? So, what makes a Slanderer, a Defrauder, an Usurer, an Oppressor, at Church? They come not sine Fell, without the Gall of Uncharitableness: they shall return sive Mel, without the Honey of Gods Mercies.¹ To do good, and to communicate, forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased: Merciful works are Pro sacrificijs, imo prae sacrificijs: Equal to Sacrifices, above Sacrifices in Gods acceptance.

Whiles you trippe vp mens heeles with Fraudes. lay them along with Sutes, tread on them with Oppressions, blow them vp with Vsuries, Iniuries: Your Sacrifice is full of Gall. It was said in wonder; Is Saul among the Prophets? So, what makes a Slaunderer, a Defrauder, an Vsurer, an Oppressor, at Church? They come not sine Felle, without the Gall of Vncharitablenesse: they shall returne siue Melle, without the Honey of Gods Mercies.¹ To doe good, and to communicate, forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased: Mercifull workes are Pro sacrificijs, imo prae sacrificijs: Equall to Sacrifices, aboue Sacrifices in Gods acceptance.

1. 1Heb. 13. 16.

4. Sine Macula. Levit. 22. God commands, that his Sacrifice be without Blemish; ¹nor blind, nor broken, nor maimed, nor infected, &c. Therefore a Lamb without spot was offered for a morning and an evening Sacrifice. And the Lamb of God in an antitypical relation, is truly said,