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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, › Confidence.THE SACRIFICE OF THANKFVLNESSE, › Confidence.
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.
1. Some will not Bind; nay they will not be bound. There are so many Religions in the world, that they will be tied to none of them. Such a one is like a loose Tooth in the head, of little use, of much trouble. Their trepidations are more shaking then cold Ague-fi•tes: their staggers worse then a Drunkards.
1. Some will not Bind; nay they will not be bound. There are so many Religions in the world, that they will be tyed to none of them. Such a one is like a loose Tooth in the head, of litle vse, of much trouble. Their trepidations are more shaking then cold Ague-fi•tes: their staggers worse then a Drunkards.
A Feather in the Air, a Fane on the House, a Cockboat in the Sea, are less inconstant. The course of a Dolphin in the Water, of a Buzzard in the Air, of a Whore in the City, is more certain. They are full of farraginous and bullimong mixtures: pour them forth into liberty, and they run wilder then Quick silver on a table.
A Fether in the Ayre, a Fane on the House, a Cockboate in the Sea, are lesse inconstant. The course of a Dolphin in the Water, of a Buzzard in the Ayre, of a Whore in the Citie, is more certaine. They are full of farraginous and bullimong mixtures: powre them foorth into libertie, and they run wilder then Quick siluer on a table.
But let a good man be (as John Bap was commended by our Saviour) No Reed shaken with the Wind: Let our Actions have ballast, our Affections balance: be we none of those, that will not Bind.
But let a good man be (as Iohn Bap was commended by our Sauiour) No Reed shaken with the Winde: Let our Actions haue ballace, our Affections ballance: bee wee none of those, that will not Binde.