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The reformation of covetousness Written upon the 6. chapter of Matthew, from the 19.…The reformation of couetousnesse Written vpon the 6. chapter of Mathew, from the 19.…
The reformation of covetousness Written upon the 6. chapter of Matthew, from the 19. verse to the end of the said chapter. By William Perkins.The reformation of couetousnesse Written vpon the 6. chapter of Mathew, from the 19. verse to the ende of the said chapter. By William Perkins.
London: printed by T. Creede for Nicholas Ling, 1603
THE REFORmation of Covetousness.THE REFORmation of Couetousnesse.
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 we had learned to value this treasure, & the word which revealeth it, we should profit more for knowledge and obedience then we do; we would reverence it more, and rejoice in it more then we do, &c.
If wee had learned to value this treasure, & the word which reuealeth it, wee should profit more for knowledge and obedience then we do; we would reuerence it more, and reioyce in it more then we doo, &c.
When we have found it, and valued it, we must seek to get it, and make it our own: for⟨p. 37⟩ so it is in that parable. We must use all means to purchase it to our selves; for so the commandment is here: Lay up treasures for your selves.
When we haue found it, and valued it, we must seeke to get it, and make it our owne: for⟨p. 37⟩ so it is in that parable. We must vse all meanes to purchase it to our selues; for so the commandement is here: Lay vp treasures for your selues.
That we may get it to our selves, we must use such means as God hath appointed for this end, and they are these.
That wee may get it to our selues, we must vse such means as God hath appointed for this end, and they are these.