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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.
Bernard saith: Lingua facile volat, & ideo facile violate. The tongue runs quickly, therefore wrongs quickly. Speedy is the pace it goes, and therefore speedy is the mischief it does. When all other members are dull with age, the tongue alone is quick and nimble. It is an unruly evil to our selves, to our neighbours, to the whole world.
Bernard sayth: Lingua facile volat, & ideo facile violat. The tongue runnes quickly, therefore wrongs quickly. Speedy is the pace it goes, and therefore speedy is the mischiefe it does. When all other members are dull with age, the tongue alone is quicke and nimble. It is an vnruly euill to our selues, to our neighbours, to the whole world.
1. To our selves.1 Ver. 6. It is so placed among the members, that it defileth all. Though it were evil, as the ⟨p. 40⟩plague; and unruly, as the possessed Gergeseus, Math. 8 yet if set off with distance, the evil rests within it self. A Leper shut up in a Pesthouse, rankleth to himself, infects not others. A wild Cannibal in a prison, may only exercise his savage cruelty upon the stone walls, or iron grates. But the tongue is so placed, that being evil and unruly, it hurts all the members.
1. To our selues.1 Ver. 6. It is so placed among the members, that it defileth all. Though it were euill, as the ⟨p. 40⟩plague; and vnruly, as the possessed Gergeseus, Math. 8 yet if set off with distance, the evill rests within it selfe. A Leaper shut vp in a Pesthouse, ranckleth to himselfe, infects not others. A wild Caniball in a prison, may onely exercise his savage cruelty vpon the stone wals, or yron grates. But the tongue is so placed, that being euill and vnruly, it hurts all the members.