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,…

Name: The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December,…
Author: Thomas Adams

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. ...

Thomas Adams fl. 1612–1653London: printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, 1616

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POLITIC HUNTING: OR, A Discovery of the cunning Esavites of our… › A Discovery of the cunning Esavites of our times. › A man of the Field.POLITICKE HVNTING: OR, A Discouerie of the cunning Esauites of our… › A Discouerie of the cunning Esauites of our times. › A man of the Field.

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Cur fratrem Pollux alterna morte redemit? ¹Cicero mentions it for the Chaldean folly,² that they would have Omnes eodem tempore ortos, all that were borne (wheresoever) together, eâdem conditione nasci: to be borne to the same condition.

Cur fratrem Pollux alterna morte redemit? ¹Cicero mentions it for the Chaldean follie,² that they would haue Omnes eodem tempore ortos, all that were borne (wheresoeuer) togeather, eâdem conditione nasci: to be borne to the same condition.

1Aenead. b.
2De Dininat. lib. 2.

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But were all the Infants slain at one time by Herod, borne under one Constellation? Or all the old World, drowned in the Deluge, under one Star? Or all Soldiers slain in one field, under the same Sign? The Mathematicians were wont to affirm, that all borne under the Sign Aquarius, ¹would be Fishers: But in Getulia there are no Fishers; was never any there borne under the sign Aquarius? The Cretans, (saith Paul) were always Liars: What, were they all borne under Mercury? The Athenians greedy of Novelties: had they all one predominant Star? The Belgick•s Warriors: Were they therefore all borne under the reign of Mars?

But were all the Infants slaine at one time by Herod, borne vnder one Constellation? Or all the old World, drowned in the Deluge, vnder one Starre? Or all Souldiers slaine in one field, vnder the same Signe? The Mathematicians were wont to affirme, that all borne vnder the Signe Aquarius,

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