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A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of…A discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of…
A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of D. Jacksons profound discourses, may see the vanity and weakness of them, in sundry passages, and especially so far as they tend to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twice, Doctor of Divinity, as they say, from whom the copy came to the pressA discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of D. Iacksons profound discourses, may see the vanitie and weaknesse of them, in sundry passages, and especially so farre as they tende to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twisse, Doctor of Divinitie, as they say, from whom the copie came to the presse
Amsterdam: printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, 1631
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.
3. We must with patience expect and wait, till you come to your text, and entreat of the theme proposed, to wit of the infinity and immutability, of divine goodness communicative. The first sentence is not well stated; for Sarah was old stricken in age, and it ceased to be with her after the manner of Women, when hearing from the Lord, something concerning the conceiving of a child by her, she said; After I am waxed old, and my 1Lord also, shall I have lust? Lust, certainly may be in old age and not a sin, lust is one thing, inordinate lust is another thing, and where lust is, why should it seem a Monster, in corrupt nature, for that lust to be inordinate? And if a proud man be brought to a beggars condition, why should it seem ⟨p. 420⟩monstrous, if his moral condition be not altered, but he continue as proud as ever? As Plato discerned a proud heart, thorough Antisthenes patched coat; And Diogenes might be as proud of his tub, as Alexander of his Crown; And a man may be as proud of carrying a cloak bag behind him, as Cardinal Camprins, was of his sumpter horse, that followed after him; for pride though it be more hateful in one then in another, as the wiseman speaks, yet it disdains no condition, but accepteth entertainment in every breast; how much more in the breasts of Kings, and such may be found even amongst the wandering planets on earth, otherwise called Rogues, and beggars. Certainly men of a shifting disposition, if they have gotten wealth thereby, it is nothing strange if they continue their trade still, considering that Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit: especially if they have prospered well by it. And yet I confess, men sometimes give over their former trades, as horse leaches leave sucking, when their bodies are full; but I do not think, they can so easily, leave off their manners, neither do temptations, beget any sins, but rather provoke our corruptions, to actuate themselves; as a mans corrupted will and affection, to actuate it self, and bring forth actual sin.
3. We must with patience expect and wait, till you come to your text, and intreat of the theame proposed, to wit of the infinity and immutability, of divine goodnesse communicative. The first sentence is not well stated; for Sarah was old stricken in age, and it ceased to be with her after the manner of Women, when hearing from the Lord, something concerning the conceaving of a child by her, she sayd; After I am waxed old, and my