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The spiritual-mans aim guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry…The spirituall-mans aime guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry…
The spiritual-mans aim guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry passages of this life, so that Gods glory, and his own salvation may be the main end of all / by the faithful and reverend divine, R. Sibbes ... ; published by T.G. and P.N.The spirituall-mans aime guiding a Christian in his affections and actions, through the sundry passages of this life, so that Gods glory, and his owne salvation may be the maine end of all / by the faithfull and reverend divine, R. Sibbes ... ; published by T.G. and P.N.
London: printed by John Norton for John Rothwell, 1637London: printed by Iohn Norton for Iohn Rothwell, 1637
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.
And then in the third place it is irrecoverable,1 when it is gone, there is no recalling back of time when it is past. In all these ⟨p. 16⟩respects we must be good husbands of time, we must be thrifty of our time, and not take care how to drive away that, that flies away of it self to fast: it is a precious thing, precious for great purpose.
And then in the third place it is irrecoverable,1 when it is gon, there is no recalling back of time when it is past. In all these ⟨p. 16⟩respects we must be good husbands of time, wee must be thrifty of our time, and not take care how to drive away that, that flyes away of it selfe to fast: it is a precious thing, precious for great purpose.
- 13. It is irrecoverable.
What is this little time given us for? To provide for eternity world without end: and we trifle it a way about this thing and that thing to no purpose, we fill it up with vanity, and with sin, which is worse. In this little time we do that, that in a long time after, we cannot undo again, that is our madness and folly, therefore The time being short, let us take heed what we do in it, we may do that in a little time, that we may rue for eternity, we may do that good, and get that good in a little time, that may stand by us world without end; those that have but a little plot of ground, ⟨p. 17⟩oh! they will husband it so, that they will not lose a handful of it, so those that have but a little time, oh! let them husband it well, sow that little time well, sow that seed that may breed a harvest, that may benefit us after that we may say, Oh! it was a great blessing, that God gave me a little time to get into Christ, to repent of my sins. &c. Beloved there are three main parts of this little time.