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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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1. Some will give Myrrh, a strict Moral life, not culpable of any gross eruption, or scandalous impiety: but not Frankincense. Their Prayers are thin sown; therefore their Graces cannot come up thick. Perhaps they feel no want; and then you know, Rarae fumant faliorbus Arae: In their thought, they do not stand in any great need of God: when they do, they will offer him some Incense. These live a morally honest life, but are scant of religious Prayers: and so may be said to offer Myrrh without Frankincense.
1. Some will giue Myrrhe, a strict Morall life, not culpable of any grosse eruption, or scandalous impiety: but not Frankincense. Their Prayers are thinne sowne; therefore their Graces cannot come vp thicke. Perhaps they feele no want; and then you know, Rarae fumant faliorbus Arae: In their thought, they doe not stand in any great need of God: when theydoe, they will offer him some Incense. These liue a morally honest life, but are scant of religious Prayers: and so may be said to offer Myrrhe without Frankincense.
2. Some will give Frankincense: Pray frequently, perhaps tediously; but they will give no Myrrh, not mortify or restrain their Concupiscence. The Pharisees had many Prayers; but never the fewer sins. These mock God, when they so often beg of him, that his ⟨p. 101⟩Will may be done, when they never subdue their affections to it. There are too many such among us, that will often join with the Church in common Devotions, who yet join with the world in common vices. These make great smokes of Frankincense, but let not fall one drop of Myrrh.
2. Some will giue Frankincense: Pray frequently, perhaps tediously; but they will giue no Myrrhe, not mortifie or restraine their Concupiscence. The Pharsses had many Prayers; but neuer the fewer sinnes. These mocke God, when they so often begge of him, that his ⟨p. 101⟩Will may be done, when they neuer subdue their affections to it. There are too many such among vs, that will often ioyne with the Church in common Deuotions, who yet ioyne with the world in common vices. These make great smoakes of Frankincense, but let not fall one droppe of Myrrhe.