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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 20THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 20
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. Thou art but a Steward of what thou possessest: and therefore why should it grieve thee to 1leave, what thou hast employed, to the disposing of thy master?
2. Thou art but a Steward of what thou possessest: and therefore why should it grieue thee to 1leaue, what thou hast employed, to the disposing of thy master?
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3. Thou hast tried by experience, & found hitherto, that contentment 1of heart is not found, or had by abundance of outward things. If thou hadst all the pearls ⟨p. 755⟩of the East, and wert master of all the mines of the West, yet will not thy heart be filled with good: by heaping up of riches, thou dost but heap up unquietness.
3. Thou hast tried by experience, & found hitherto, that contentment 1of heart is not found, or had by abundance of outward things. If thou hadst all the pearls ⟨p. 755⟩of the East, and wert master of all the mines of the West, yet will not thy heart bee filled with good: by heaping vp of riches, thou dost but heape vp vnquietnesse.
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