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The oil of gladnessThe oyle of gladnesse
The oil of gladness. Or, Comfort for dejected sinners First preached in the parish church of Banbury in certain sermons, and now published in this present treatise. By William Whately minister there.The oyle of gladnesse. Or, Comfort for dejected sinners First preached in the parish church of Banbury in certaine sermons, and now published in this present treatise. By William Whately minister there.
London: printed by G. Miller for George Edwards, 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.
§. I.
David becomes a comforter of Bathsheba, by which it is evident that he was in good measure comforted himself.
DAavid becomes a comforter of Bathsheba, by which it is evident that he was in good measure comforted himselfe.
We heard him confessing his sin, we saw him lying in the dust, clothed with sackcloth, tumbling in ashes: Now you see ⟨p. 8⟩him cheerful again speaking cheerfully to Bathsheba, and striving to revive his drooping spirits, for doubtless she was in fault as well as David, and when she heard of Nathans reproof, and saw her child's sickness and death, she cried peccavi, and she cast down her self as well as he.
We heard him confessing his sin, we saw him lying in the dust, clothed with sackcloth, tumbling in ashes: Now you see ⟨p. 8⟩him cheerefull againe speaking cheerefully to Bathsheba, and striving to revive his drooping spirits, for doubtlesse shee was in fault as well as David, and when shee heard of Nathans reproofe, and saw her childes sickenesse and death, she cryed peccavi, and she cast downe her selfe as well as he.