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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.
If the Tongue be so excellent, how then doth this Text censure it for so evil? I take the Philosophers old and trite answer. Linguanihil est, vel bona melius, vel mala peius. Then a good Tongue, there is nothing better; then an evil,1 nothing worse. Nihil habet medium: aut grande bonum est, aut grande malum. It hath no mean; it is either exceedingly good, or excessively evil. It knows nothing but extremes: and is or good best of all, or bad worst of all. If it be good, it is a walking garden, that scatters in every place a sweet flower, an herb of grace to the hearers. If it be evil, it is a wild Bedlam, full of gadding and madding mischiefs. So the Tongue is every mans best, or worst moveable.
If the Tongue be so excellent, how then doth this Text censure it for so euill? I take the Philosophers old and trite answere. Linguanihil est, vel bona melius, vel mala peius. Then a good Tongue, there is nothing better; then an euill,1 nothing worse. Nihil habet medium: aut grande bonum est, aut grande malum. It hath no meane; it is eyther exceedingly good, or excessiuely euill. It knowes nothing but extreames: and is or good best of all, or bad worst of all. If it be good, it is a walking garden, that scatters in euery place a sweet flower, an hearb of grace to the hearers. If it be euill, it is a wilde Bedlam, full of gadding and madding mischiefes. So the Tongue is euery mans best, or worst moueable.
- 1Hieron.
Hereupon that Philosophical servant, when he was commanded to provide the best meat for his Masters table, the worst for the family: bought & brought to either, neat's tongues. His Moral was, that this was both the best, and worst service; according to the goodness or badness of the Tongue. A good Tongue is a special dish for Gods public service. Pars optima hominis,1