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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
THE CURE OF THE FEAR OF DEATH. › Chapter 19THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 19
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.
1. Now in true judgement, it is 1almost impossible to discern, how a man should rise higher in a Centre. If thou hadst all the earth, thou wert no more exalted, then to the possession of a full point; a little spot in comparison: & therefore how extremely vain is thy nature, to be affected with the possession of less then the thousand thousandth part of a little spot, or point?
1. Now in true iudgement, it is 1almost impossible to discern, how a man should rise higher in a Center. If thou hadst all the earth, thou wert no more exalted, then to the possession of a full point; a little spot in comparison: & therfore how extremely vaine is thy nature, to be affected with the possession of lesse then the thousand thousandth part of a little spot, or point?
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2. Consider seriously the 1thraldom, which thy preferment brings thee unto: Thou canst not live free, but still thou art fettered with the cares, and fears, and griefs that attend thy greatness. There is little difference between thee and a prisoner, save that the prisoner hath his fetters of Iron, and thine are of Gold; and that his fetters bind his body, and thine thy mind: He wears his fetters on his legs, and thou thine on thine ⟨p. 752⟩head; and in this thou art one way less contented then some prisoners: for they can sing for joy of heart, when thou art dejected with the cares and griefs of thy mind: If thou hadst a Crown, it were but a Crown of thorns, in respect of the cares it would put thee to, &c.