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Two sermons preached at Northampton at two several assizes there The one in the…Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the…
Two sermons preached at Northampton at two several assizes there The one in the time of the shrievalty of Sir Erasmus Dryden Baronet. Anno Domini, 1621. The other in the time of the shrievalty of Sir Henry Robinson Knight, anno Domini, 1629. By Robert Bolton ... Published by E.B.Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Erasmus Dryden Baronet. Anno Domini, 1621. The other in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Henry Robinson Knight, anno Domini, 1629. By Robert Bolton ... Published by E.B.
London: printed by George Miller, 1635
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.
2. By moral righteousness, I mean all those perfections and possibilities of civill honesty, and upright dealing, attainable by the light of natural understanding, general notions of right and wrong, and practice of moral precepts, enlarged, improved, and husbanded to the height; hereby many ancient Heathens went far, and did many admirable and excellent things, even such, and so worthy, that may justly make the best of our mere civill honest men hang down their heads, and be horribly ashamed.
2. By morall righteousnesse, I meane all those perfections and possibilities of civill honesty, and upright dealing, attaineable by the light of naturall understanding, generall notions of right and wrong, and practice of morall precepts, inlarged, improoved, and husbanded to the height; hereby many ancient Heathens went farre, and did many admirable and excellent things, even such, and so worthy, that may justly make the best of our meere civill honest men hang downe their heads, and be horribly ashamed.
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Fabricius, that famous Roman, was so precise, that (as it is reported of him) it was easier to turn ⟨p. 51⟩the Sun from his course, then to draw Fabricius from just and honest dealing. King Pyrrhus could with no gold or gifts, no not with promise of the fourth part of his Kingdom, possibly corrupt this man; And yet how many miserable men in this very mid-day of the Gospel will be easily drawn by a secret bribe, office, honour, preferment, some earthly favour, to do villainously, to betray a good cause, a good man, and a good conscience to shame himself for ever, grow odious to GOD and man, and go to hell.