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The riches of mercy In two treatisesThe riches of mercie In two treatises
The riches of mercy In two treatises: 1 Lydia's conversion. 2. A rescue from death. By the late learned, and reverend divine, Richard Sibbs, Doctor in Divinity. Published by the authors own appointment, and subscribed with his own hand to prevent imperfect copies.The riches of mercie In two treatises: 1 Lydia's conversion. 2. A rescue from death. By the late learned, and reverend divine, Richard Sibbs, Doctor in Divinitie. Published by the authors own appointment, and subscribed with his owne hand to prevent imperfect copies.
London: printed by John for Francis Eglesfeild, 1638London: printed by Iohn for Francis Eglesfeild, 1638
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.
1First, For lack of discerning in all the carriage, and passages of their lives. ⟨p. 11⟩You know a fool is such a one as cannot discern the difference of things, that is defective in his judgement; discerning, and judgement, that especially tries a fool: when he cannot discern between pearls and pebbles between Jewels, and ordinary base things, so wicked men are defective in their judgments they cannot discern aright between spiritual and heavenly things, and other things, all your worldly fools he hunts after and placeth his happiness in things meaner then himself, he takes shadows for substances.
1First, For lacke of discerning in all the carriage, and passages of their lives. ⟨p. 11⟩You know a foole is such a one as cannot discerne the difference of things, that is defective in his judgement; discerning, and judgement, that especially tries a foole: when he cannot discerne betweene pearles and pebbles between Iewels, and ordinary base things, so wicked men are defectiue in their judgments they cannot discerne aright betweene spirituall and heavenly things, and other things, all your worldly fooles he hunts after and placeth his happinesse in things meaner then himselfe, hee takes shadowes for substances.
- 1For lack of discerning.
A fool is led with his humour,2 and his lust even as the beast, so there is no wicked man that shakes of the fear of God, (which is true wisdom,) but he is led with his humour, and passion, and affection to some earthly thing. Now a man can never be wise, and passionate unless in one case, when the good is so exceeding that no passion can be answerable as in zeal, in divine matters, that will excuse all exorbitant carriage otherwise. When David danced before the Ark, a man would think it had been a foolish matter except it had been in a divine business,