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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.
It was a pitiful state we were in before: for ⟨p. 128⟩indeed it was not only a sickness upon the City but a civill sickness: the whole state w•s distempered: for as there is sickness in the body when there is obstruction, when there is not a passage for the spirits and the blood from the liver, & from the heart, and from the head these obstructions cause weakness, and faintings, and consumption, So was there not an obstruction in the state of late? were not the veins of the kingdom stopped? Was not civill commerce stayed? the affliction of this great City, it was as the affliction of the head ⟨p. 129⟩or of the heart or of the liver; if the main vital part be sick, the whole is sick, so the whole kingdom not only by way of sympathy, but it was civilly sick in regard that all trading, and intercourse was stopped, it was a heavy visitation. And we have much cause to bless God that now the ways of this Zion of ours mourn not, that-there is free commerce, and intercourse as before, that we can meet thus peaceably, and quietly at Gods ordinances, and about our ordinary callings,1 those that have an apprehension of the thing cannot choose but break ⟨p. 130⟩out in thanksgiving to God, in divers respects.
It was a pittifull state wee were in before: for ⟨p. 128⟩indeed it was not onely a sicknesse upon the Citie but a civill sicknesse: the whole state w•s distempered: for as there is sicknesse in the body when there is obstruction, when there is not a passage for the spirits and the blood from the liver, & from the heart, and from the head these obstructions cause weakenesse, and faintings, and consumption, So was there not an obstruction in the state of late? were not the veynes of the kingdome stopped? Was not civill commerce stayed? the affliction of this great Citie, it was as the affliction of the head ⟨p. 129⟩