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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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2. Next, present to him thy Myrrh, a chaste and mortified Li•e. Let thine Eyes, like the […] of the Church (Cant. 5. 5.) drop down sweet-smelling Myrrh: Let them gush forth with penitent Tears, and thy Soul pour out floods of sorrow for thy offences We have sinned, we have sinned: O let the Lord behold our Oblation of Myrrh accept our Repentance.
2. Next, present to him thy Myrrhe, a chast and mortified Li•e. Let thine Eyes, like the 〈…〉 of the C•urch (Cant. 5. 5.) droppe downe sweete-smelling Myrrhe: Let them gush foorth with pen•tent Teares, and thy Soule powre out flouds of sorrow for thy offences Wee haue sinned, we haue sinned: O let the Lord behold our Oblation of Myrrhe accept our Repentance.
3. Lastly, thou must give thy Gold also: a pure Heart, tried in the Furnace of Affliction and sublimed from all corruption. And because God only knows the Heart, and the World must judge by thy Fruits; give thy spiritual Gold to Christ, and thy temporal Gold to his poor members. Here take with thee three Cautions.
3. Lastly, thou must giue thy Gold also: a pure Heart, tryed in the Furnace of Affliction and sublim'd from all corruption. And because God onely knowes the Heart, and the World must iudge by thy Fruites; giue thy spirituall Gold to Christ, and thy temporall Gold to his poore members. Here take with thee three Cautions.