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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
The Examination of Usury; in two Sermons.The Examination of Vsurie; in two Sermons.
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.
When Hezekiah was like to ⟨image 168⟩die, Isaiah said unto him, Set thy 1things in order before thou die. That which he advised him, he adviseth all; set your things in order before you die. What is this to set things in order, but to restore unto every one his own? When thou bequeathest thy body to the earth, then thy body is set in order: when thou bequeathest thy soul to God, then thy soul is set in order: when thou bequeathest thy goods to the owners, then thy goods are set in order: therefore if thou die with other mens goods in thy hand, then thou diest before thou have set things in order, and then thou diest in thy sins, and then no promise in all the Scripture appertaineth unto thee, because nothing is promised unto sinners but unto penitent sinners. Therefore that you may not die in ⟨image 168⟩your sins, it is necessary to make restitution before you die, or else you die in your sin, and are crossed out of all the joys of heaven. Therefore as Abner said to Joah, 2Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? So remember whether this course will be sweet or bitter in the end.
When Hezekiah was like to ⟨image 168⟩die, Esaiah sayd vnto him, Set thy 1things in order before thou die. That which hee aduised him, hee aduiseth all; set your things in order before you die. What is this to set things in order, but to restore vnto euerie one his owne? When thou bequeathest thy bodie to the earth, then thy bodie is set in order: when thou bequeathest thy soule to God, then thy soule is set in order: when thou bequeathest thy goods to the owners, then thy goods are set in order: therefore if thou die with other mēs goods in thy hand, then thou diest before thou haue set things in order, and then thou diest in thy sinnes, and then no promise in all the Scripture appertaineth vnto thee, because nothing is promised vnto sinners but vnto penitent sinners. Therefore that you may not die in