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Four godly and fruitful sermons two preached at Drayton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…
Four godly and fruitful sermons two preached at Drayton in Oxford-shire, at a fast, enjoined by authority, by occasion of the pestilence then dangerously dispersed. Likewise two other sermons on the twelfth Psalm. Whereunto is annexed a brief tract of zeal. / By I. Dod. R. Cleaver.Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast, enioyned by authoritie, by occasion of the pestilence then dangerously dispearsed. Likewise two other sermons on the twelfth Psalme. VVhereunto is annexed a briefe tract of zeale. / By I. Dod. R. Cleauer.
London: printed by T.C. for William Welbie, 1611
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.
I. That we fear to commit any sin secretly, and when we are alone, as well as when we are in the presence of men. So did Job, and so did Joseph: and this moved them so to do,1 even that the Lord did behold them,2 and could punish them for secret, as well as for open offences.
I. That wee feare to commit any sinne secretly, and when wee are alone, as well as when wee are in the presence of men. So did Iob, and so did Ioseph: and this mooued them so to doe,1 euen that the Lord did behold them,2 and could punish them for secret, as well as for open offences.
- 1Joh. 31.Ioh. 31.
- 2Gen. 39.
Which condemneth them of gross dissimulation, that are loth to be accounted ill, and yet make no conscience to be ill. What is this, but to be painted sepulchres, that are fair to look upon, but within full of rotten bones? We may deceive men,1 but God is not deceived: and therefore let us beware of this hypocrisy: and so much the rather, because the Lord hath fearfully discovered and plagued them, that in outward show have borne a great countenance of religion, and yet have lived in secret filthiness, and other vile sins, which in time have come to light to their shame and ruin.