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Christs counsel to his languishing church of SardisChrists counsell to his languishing church of Sardis
Christs counsel to his languishing church of Sardis. Or, The dying or decaying Christian, with the means and helps of his recovery and strengthening. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B. of D. late preacher to the inhabitants of S. Mildreds Bread Street, LondonChrists counsell to his languishing church of Sardis. Or, The dying or decaying Christian, with the meanes and helpes of his recovery and strengthening. By Obadiah Sedgwicke, B. of D. late preacher to the inhabitants of S. Mildreds Bredstreet, London
London: printed by Thomas for L. Fawne, 1640
CHRISTS COUNSEL to His languishing CHURCH.CHRISTS COVNSELL to His languishing CHURCH.
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.
As the moralists say of Fame, or of a mans good name, Omnia si perdas, famam servare memento. Qua semel amissâ postea nullus eris. (i) whatsoever commodity you lose, be sure yet to preserve that jewel of a good name. That is so choice a jewel, that whatsoever a man loseth, he must yet take heed and care of that. The same may be said of these forenamed truths; though through some defect, or frailty, or malignity, ⟨p. 177⟩any other historical or problematical truths may slip from us, yet these must be written in our hearts with the point of a Diamond, and as in marble, the characters of them are to be kept fresh and alive, and are never to be blotted out.
As the moralists say of Fame, or of a mans good name, Omnia si perdas, famam servare memento. Qua semel amissâ postea nullus eris. (i) whatsoever commodity you lose, be sure yet to preserve that iewell of a good name. That is so choyce a iewell, that whatsoever a man loseth, hee must yet take heed and care of that. The same may bee said of these forenamed truths; though through some defect, or frailty, or malignity, ⟨p. 177⟩any other historicall or problematicall truths may slip from us, yet these must be written in our hearts with the point of a Diamond, and as in marble, the characters of them are to bee kept fresh and alive, and are never to be blotted out.
Object. And why this faithful and frequent remembrance, or renewed consideration of truths heard and received?
Object. And why this faithfull and frequent remembrance, or renewed consideration of truths heard and received?