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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.
Now that the name of Puritans (which is, as you may conceive by that which hath been said, a very equivocal term) is put upon such as these in contempt,1 and reproach; is more then manifest by a thousand experiences, and by the testimony of a great Doctor at Saint Pauls Cross. And yet I date say, the greatest opposites to these derided ways of purity, if he dye not like drunken Nabal, would upon his bed of death, give ten ⟨p. 88⟩thousand worlds,2 to have lived as one of them. And through the name of Puritan, by a malicious equivocation, they strike at the very heart of grace, and the power of godliness.
Now that the name of Puritanes (which is, as you may conceive by that which hath beene said, a very equivocall terme) is put upon such as these in contempt,1 and reproach; is more then manifest by a thousand experiences, and by the testimony of a great Doctour at Saint Pauls Crosse. And yet I date say, the greatest opposites to these derided wayes of purity, if he dye not like drunken Nabal, would upon his bed of death, give ten ⟨p. 88⟩thousand worlds,2 to have lived as one of them. And through the name of Puritane, by a malicious equivocation, they strike at the very heart of grace, and the power of godlinesse.
- 1See Disc. of True Happiness, pag. 193.See Disc. of True Happines, pag. 193.
- 2And I prove it out of Bish. [Greek or Hebrew]. in Abrahams Trial, pag. 72.And I prove it out of Bish. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. in Abrahams Tryall, pag. 72.