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Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…
Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns-Inn Containing three excellent treatises, namely, Judas's repentance. The saints spiritual strength. Pauls conversion.Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes-Inne Containing three excellent treatises, namely, Iudas's repentance. The saints spirituall strength. Pauls conversion.
London: printed by John Beale for Andrew Crooke, 1634
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.
To this I answer briefly, you lye; for if your 1actions be naught, your heart is worse, and if your speeches be rotten, your meaning is far worse then either thy action or thy speech: if your ⟨p. 222⟩speeches be rotten and smell of hell, and yet say that you mean better, or that your meaning is better then you outwardly express, it is false: for we say, that if we see sparks of fire come out of the chimney, we conclude that the fire within is far greater; so if thy speeches and actions be bad, thy meaning is worse, there is a greater fire within: actions are but the fruits of the heart, or branches that proceed from it. Now in a natural plant we say, that if the fruit be bitter, the root is much more bitter, because the cause is always greater then the effect: even so, if thou hast naughty speeches and actions, if there be bitterness in them, thy meaning hath much more bitterness in it, because it is the root from which these spring; therefore let not your good meaning keep you from being humble.
To this I answer briefely, you lye; for if your 1actions be naught, your heart is worse, and if your speeches bee rotten, your meaning is farre worse then either thy action or thy speech: if your ⟨p. 222⟩speeches bee rotten and smell of hell, and yet say that you meane better, or that your meaning is better then you outwardly expresse, it is false: for we say, that if wee see sparkes of fire come out of the chimney, we conclude that the fire within is farre greater; so if thy speeches and actions be bad, thy meaning is worse, there is a greater fire within: actions are but the fruits of the heart, or branches that proceed from it. Now in a naturall plant wee say, that if the fruit bee bitter, the root is much more bitter, because the cause is alwaies greater then the effect: euen so, if thou hast naughty speeches and actions, if there be bitternesse in them, thy meaning hath much more bitternesse in it, because it is the root from which these spring; therefore let not your good meaning keepe you from being humble.
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