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The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…
The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Jer. Burroughs minister of Gods Word.The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Ier. Burroughes minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Miles for R. Dawlman, 1639
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.
Such gracious principles appeared in your spirits, such divine rules by which ye were guided, those high and noble employments in which ye delighted, those blessed qualifications, which as so many Diamonds in their lustre, and beauty, sparkled that light, that freeness, that strength, that publicness, that holiness, &c. Those comforts of a higher nature than the common drossy comforts of the world, that ye chose to your selves, to satisfy your spirits in, and found contentment in the enjoyment of; that caused the dilating of my thoughts about these things, and now making known themselves publicly, they crave patronage from your Lordship, who have been the original from whence they came.
Such gracious principles appeared in your spirits, such divine rules by which yee were guided, those high and noble employments in which yee delighted, those blessed qualifications, which as so many Diamonds in their lustre, and beauty, sparkled that light, that freenesse, that strength, that publikenesse, that holinesse, &c. Those comsorts of a higher nature than the common drossie comforts of the world, that yee chose to your selves, to satisfie your spirits in, and found contentment in the enjoyment of; that caused the dilating of my thoughts about these things, and now making knowne themselves publikely, they crave patronage from your Lordship, who have beene the originall from whence they came.
And here I humbly present them to your Honour, and to your virtuous and noble Lady, as a glass wherein your selves and others may see the frame and workings of your spirits; I dare say, that all who know you, and know that I had the happiness to be so near unto you, and to have
And here I humbly present them to your Honour, and to your vertuous and noble Lady, as a glasse wherein your selves and others may see the frame and workings of your spirits; I dare say, that all who know you, and know that I had the happinesse to bee so neare unto you, and to have