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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
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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.
Let us send up our gifts to God, that he may send down his gifts to us. Let us not Uti datis, tanquam innatis: But remember that we hold all in Capite, and are suitors to the Court of Heaven; worthy to forfeit our estates, if we pay not the quit-rent of Thankfulness; acknowledge not Gratitude and Obedience.
Let vs send vp our gifts to God, that hee may sende downe his gifts to vs. Let vs not Vti datis, tanquam innatis: But remember that we hold all in Capite, and are sutors to the Court of Heauen; worthy to forfet our estates, if we pay not the quit-rent of Thankefulnesse; acknowledge not Gratitude and Obedience.
God will not long Catulis indulg•r•. Luporum, pamper the Wolves whelps, as the Proverb: But he will forget them, that forget him. We have a saying from Aristotle. Nec in puerum, nec in senem collocandu• esse beneficium: That our beneficence should not be fixed upon a Child, or an Old man: for the Child before he comes to age, will forget it; and the Old man will die, before he can requite it. Are we all either Children or Old men, that we either not remember, or not return Thankfulness to God for his mercies?1 Yet saith the Psalmist: Old men, and Children, praise the Name of the Lord.
God will not long Catulis indulg•r•. Luporum, pamper the Wolues whelps, as the Prouerbe: But he will forget them, that forget him. Wee haue a saying from Aristotle. Nec in puerum, nec in senem collocandu• esse beneficium: That our beneficence should not be fixed vpon a Child, or an Old man: for the Child before he comes to age, will forget it; and the Old man will die, before he can requite it. Are wee all either Children or Old men, that wee either not remember, or not returne Thankefulnes to God for his mercies?