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A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…
A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nebuchadnezzars subversion. Set forth by William Wheatley Master of Art, and preacher of Gods word.A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Thomas Creed for John Deane and John Baily, 1602London: printed by Thomas Creed for Iohn Deane and Iohn Baily, 1602
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.
The meaning is, All things must to their mother from whence they were taken. Gen. 3.19. Adam is earthy, and therefore called Adam, and must to the earth,1 as the wise man saith; All that is of the earth, shall turn to the earth again. Thnascomen homos hapantes. Which the Poet doth well expresse, saying: Omnibus est eadem lethi via. All die alike, but several means bring men to their end. Of this, thy very meat upon thy table, might put thee in mind. For all things die for thy sustenance, and thou shalt die for thy sin. The labourer is worthy of his higher; and the wages of sin, is death. Rom. 6. Quo cunque te verteris, incerta omnia, sola mors certa. Whatsoever thou shalt determine, ⟨p. 109⟩all things are uncertain, only death is certain. All fly at the sight of her whip, as the dust before the wind. She doth ransack as well the palaces of Princes, as poor cottages. Both rich and poor, young and old; of what degree soever, Ferentur, shall pack with her: there is no parleying about the matter. But when she comes, as Jehu said to the messenger of Jehoram; so will she to thee: Turn thee behind me. 2Follow thou me, as Christ said to Peter.
The meaning is, All things must to their mother from whence they were taken. Gen. 3.19. Adam is earthy, and therefore called Adam, and must to the earth,1 as the wise man saith; All that is of the earth, shall turne to the earth againe. Thnascomen homos hapantes. Which the Poet doth well expresse, saying: Omnibus est eadem lethi via. All die alike, but seuerall meanes bring men to their end. Of this, thy very meate vpō thy table, might put thee in mind. For all things die for thy sustenance, and thou shalt die for thy sinne. The labourer is worthy of his hyer; and the wages of sinne, is death. Rom. 6