A09445:199
Of the calling of the ministry two treatises, describing the duties and dignities of…Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of…
Of the calling of the ministry two treatises, describing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publicly in the University of Cambridge, by Master Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Master Perkins his works, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to be expected.Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publickly in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, by Maister Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now dilligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Maister Perkins his workes, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to bee expected.
London: printed by I. Roberts for William Welby, 1605
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.
So then if thou be rich in thy conceits, God hath not for thee: but if thou be hungry, he i• ready to fi•• thee with good things: and doest thou acknowledge thy soul empty, ⟨p. 67⟩then behold treasures of goodness▪ to feed and fill thee: and art thou cast down with the Prophet, and is thy soul empty of hope, and fraught with fear, then behold even then: God and his Angels ready to raise thee up, & to fill thee with consolation. T thus much for the time of his consolation: the minister by whom was. One of the Seraphims.
So then if thou be rich in thy conceits, God hath not for thee: but if thou be hungry, hee i• ready to fi•• thee with good things: and doest thou acknowledge thy soule emptie, ⟨p. 67⟩then behold treasures of goodnesse▪ to feede and fill thee: and art thou cast downe with the Prophet, and is thy soule empty of hope, and fraught with feare, then behold euen then: God and his Angels ready to raise thee vp, & to fil thee with cōsolatiō. T thus much for the time of his cōsolation: the minister by whom was. One of the Seraphims.