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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, › The Sum.THE SACRIFICE OF THANKFVLNESSE, › The Summe.
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 was the exprobation of Athens, that she suffered those men to die in exile, ignominy, oblivion, that with their virtuous endeavours had reared her up on the Pillars of Fame. Miltiades, Aristides, Solon, Phocion; Ubi ⟨p. 38⟩vixerunt, Ubi jacent? Where lived they? where lye they? Their worthy Acts gave glory to that City, and that City covered them with the inglorious dust of obscurity. So the Lord Jesus had made us live that were dead, and we do, what we can, to let his lining name dye amongst us.
It was the exprobation of Athens, that shee suffred those men to die in exile, ignominie, obliuion, that with their vertuous endeauours had reared her vp on the Pillars of Fame. Miltiades, Aristides, Solon, Phocion; Vbi ⟨p. 38⟩vixerunt, Vbi iacent? Where liued they? where lye they? Their worthy Actes gaue glory to that Citie, and that Cittie couerd them with the inglorious dust of obscuritie. So the Lord Iesus had made vs liue that were dead, and we doe, what we can, to let his lining name dye amongst vs.
The Grecians had a Proverb amongst them, against them.
The Grecians had a Prouerbe amongst them, against them.
Pro meritis male tractarunt Agamemnona Gra•i. Agamemnon for the Honour of Greece, had done great service to the conquest and subversion o• Troy. And when he came home, was Slain by his own Wife Clytemnestra, by the help of Aegisthus the adulterer. Christ loved us as his Wife, endowed us with all his own Riches; Conquers Troy for us, subdues all our Enemies and returning home, when he expects to find peace, and kind entertainment in our hearts; we fall to vexing and wounding him; forsaking his love, and cleaving to the world in a Cursed Adultery. So