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Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternity, and mans…Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternitie, and mans…
Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternity, and mans humanity, III. The plantation of the righteous / by T.H.Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternitie, and mans humanitie, III. The plantation of the righteous / by T.H.
London: printed by M.P. for John Stafford, 1638London: printed by M.P. for Iohn Stafford, 1638
THE PLANTATION of the RIGHTEOUS.THE PLANTATION of the RIGHTEOVS.
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.
Secondly, Look when we find our bodies and natures best disposed for services, then we ought to take ⟨p. 122⟩them up, and then to bestow our strength on the best […] our services; instance, for• man to go to prayer, wh• he is fittest to sleep, […] when sleep comes on hi• or when he is in his bed, th• is not seasonable; It is th• out of it's season and ti• that instead of prayer, a […] goeth to sleeping and wr• gling with the duty: a• therefore we must ta• the advantage of our nature in this case, as men that use• take advantage of Wind a• Tide, to sale forwards: […] must a Christian take adv• tage of his nature in this ca• then when time is most s• sonable, they must perfo• duties: It is that God ca• not away with, when w• ⟨p. 123⟩•ill serve him only in a •iny day, when he can do •othing else; when every •ing else is done, then God must be served last; this is •he next way to bring a curse […] us, and our services that •ve do perform to him. […] is the charge the Holy Ghost giveth; Honour the ord with the first-fruits of y increase, and to such he annexeth his promise, so all thy barns be filled with plenty, saith the Text; and in e Old Law God required he first that opened the ombe, and therefore a man ust take the rise of a lazy ature, and to take heed of his sin, as that that brings […] great curse with it, as you ay see,