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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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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.
Some derive it from the Hebrew word, Quasah, which signifieth, To make: and taken passively, it implies a Perfect man. For he came forth read, and hairy: Read, to betoken his bloody disposition: Hairy, to show his savage and wild Nature. Other Children are borne with Hair only on the Head, Eye-lids, and Brows: but he was hairy all over; promising extraordinary cruelty.
Some deriue it from the Hebrew word, Quasah, which signifieth, To make: and taken passiuely, it implies a Perfect man. For he came forth redde, and hayrie: Redde, to betoken his bloody disposition: Hayrie, to shew his sauage and wilde Nature. Other Children are borne with Haire onely on the Head, Eye-lids, and Browes: but hee was hairy all ouer; promising extraordinarie crueltie.
He had three names. 1. Esau, because he was complete. 2. Edom, because he was red of complexion; or because he coveted the red Pottage.1 3. Seir, that is, Hair.
Hee had three names. 1. Esau, because hee was complete. 2. Edom, because he was red of complexion; or because he coueted the red Pottage.1 3. Seir, that is, Hayre.
- 1Perer.
You hear his Name, listen to his Nature. Gods Spirit gives him this Character: He was a cunning Hunter, &c. A Name doth not constitute a Nature: yet in holy Writ, very often, the Nature did fulfil the Name, and answer it in a future congruence.