A19142:33
A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D.…A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D.…
A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D. Burgess his rejoinder for D. Morton The first partA fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D. Burgesse his rejoinder for D. Morton The first part
Amsterdam: printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, 1633
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.
Some there be, like the stony-hearted hearers, who from the present apprehension of the comforts & promises of the gospel, are tickled with the sweetness the rof, though but in general conceived, & have their hearts suddenly cheered, with the confused & unapplied grounds of good;1 And therefore they are said to receive it suddenly with joy:
Some ther be, like the stony-hearted hearers, vvho from the present apprehension of the comforts & promises of the gospell, are tickled vvith the svveetnes the rof, though but in general conceaved, & have their hearts sudainly cheared, vvith the confused & unapplyed grounds of good;1 And therfore they are sayd to receive itsuddaynly vvith joy:
But as they flourish speedily, so do they fade as soon:1 for these flashes of comfort, as they arise not from any deep root of an humbled & self denying heart: So they leave no deep stamp or impression upon the Spirit: and therefore when sad & heavy pressures of sorrow do seize upon the soul, these slight impressions of flashy joy vanish away:
But as they florish speedily, so doe they fade assoone:1 for these flashes of comfort, as they arise not from any deepe root of an humbled & self denyng heart: So they leave no deepe stamp or impression upon the Spirit: and therfore vvhen sad & heavy pressures of sorrovv doe sease upon the soule, these slight impressions of flashy ioy vanish avvay: