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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.
§ 7.
If any man ask how he shall be sure not to take comfort too soon, I answer him:
If any man aske how he shall be sure not to take comfort too soone, I answer him:
That he must not be bold to take any comfort, till he have gotten such a measure of sorrow, and let sorrow continue so long in his heart, that it hath wrought him ⟨p. 32⟩to a plain, and free, and full confession of his sins to God, and to a firm and steadfast purpose and determination of will, to leave, forsake and abandon them. And when he hath brought himself to this, then must he mix his sorrow with some comfort, and after a while he must bid his griefs adieu, and feed constantly and principally upon comforts, renewing his griefs at fit times and seasons (as it were dipping in some sharp sauce to keep him from surfeiting) always ⟨p. 33⟩retaining an humbled heart in the sight of sin, but not always a sad heart; for as the heart may be sad, and not humbled: so it may be humbled and not sad.
That he must not bee bold to take any comfort, till he have gotten such a measure of sorrow, and let sorrow continue so long in his heart, that it hath wrought him ⟨p. 32⟩to a plaine, and free, and full confession of his sins to God, and to a firme and stedfast purpose and determination of will, to leave, forsake and abandon them. And when he hath brought himselfe to this, then must hee mixe his sorrow with some comfort, and after a while he must bid his griefes adew, and feed constantly and principally upon comforts, renewing his griefes at fit times and seasons (as it were dipping in some sharpe sauce to keepe him from surfeting) alwaies