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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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In the Proposition.
We will observe, 1. The Nature of the thing to be tamed. 2. The difficulty of accomplishing it. The insubiectible subject is the Tongue: which is, 1. a member, and 2. an Excellent Necessary Little Singular Member,
Wee will obserue, 1. The Nature of the thing to bee tamed. 2. The difficulty of accomplishing it. The insubiectible subiect is the Tongue: which is, 1. a member, and 2. an Excellent Necessary Little Singular Member,
It is a Member.
He that made all, made the Tongue: he that craves all, must have the Tongue. Quicreavit necessariam, postulat creatam. It is an instrument, let it give Music to him that made it. All creatures in their kind bless God. Psal. 148. They that want tongues, as the heavens, Sun, Stars, Meteors, Orbs, Elements; praise him with such obedient Testimonies, as their insensible natures can afford. They that have tongues, though they want reason, praise him with those natural Organs. The birds of the air sing, the beasts of the earth make a noise; not so much as the hissing Serpents, the very Dragons in the deep, but sound out