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A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of usury. By Henry Smith.A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of vsurie. By Henrie Smith.
London: printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man, 1591
A Treatise of the Lords Supper; in two Sermons. › A Treatise of the Lords Supper.
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 hear, and read, pray, and fast, and communicate, is a work of many, but to examine these works, is the fashion of few, and therefore Jeremiah complaineth, ⟨image 113⟩No man saith, What have I done? 1as if he should say, no man examineth himself: and therefore in all the scripture it is said but of one, That he feared all his works, as 2though he durst not think, nor speak, nor do any thing before he had examined what it was, from whence it came, & whether it went: so the more precious treasure is deeper hid in the ground.3
To heare, and reade, pray, and fast, and communicate, is a worke of many, but to examine these works, is the fashion of few, and therefore Ieremy complayneth, ⟨image 113⟩No man sayth, What haue I done? 1as if he should say, no man examineth himselfe: and therefore in all the scripture it is sayd but of one, That he feared all his works, as 2though he durst not thinke, nor speake, nor do any thing before he had examined what it was, from whence it came, & whether it went: so the more precious treasure is deeper hid in the ground.3