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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises

Name: The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises
Author: Nicholas Byfield

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.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by John Legatt, 1630

[16], 101+ p. · 109k words · STC 4222 · ESTC S120511

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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.

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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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4. Riches have wings: thou mayest ¹live to lose all, by fire, or water, or thieves, or suretyship, or injustice, or unthrifty children, or the like.

4. Riches haue wings: thou maist ¹liue to lose all, by fire, or water, or theeues, or suretiship, or iniustice, or vnthrifty children, or the like.

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622

Place

London

Printer

John Legatt

Year

1630

Size

[16], 101+ p.

Words

109,252

Catalogue

STC 4222 · ESTC S120511

Text

EEBO-TCP A17397

Passages

2,749

Sections

163

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. XXI.