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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
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Secondly, let this be an instruction unto the children §2of God, that if they would not have their maker to loath them, and to fight against them, they must labour to abhor all loftiness of mind, and over-weening conceits of themselves, and be content that the Lord should keep them in humility by whatsoever means he thinketh best: the godly begin to think much divers ⟨p. 24⟩times that they are afflicted every morning; that they are exercised with wants, with sicknesses, with disgraces and the like: but better is it to undergo some of these, or all of these, though it be all our life long, so we be made more lowly thereby, than to overflow with great plenty and variety of outward things, and in the mean time to be pestered with that venomous humour of pride and self-conceit. Therefore was it that Paul doeth profess that he would rejoice in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, &c: 1because he knew they were excellent preservatives against his sin.
Secondly, let this be an instruction vnto the children §2of God, that if they would not haue their maker to loath them, and to fight against them, they must labour to abhorre all loftines of minde, and ouer-weening conceites of themselues, and be content that the Lord should keepe them in humilitie by whatsoeuer meanes he thinketh best: the godly begin to thinke much diuers ⟨p. 24⟩times that they are afflicted euery morning; that they are exercised with wants, with sicknesses, with disgraces and the like: but better is it to vndergoe some of these, or all of these, though it be all our life long, so we be made more lowly thereby, than to ouerflowe with great plentie and varietie of outward things, and in the meane time to be pestered with that venemous humour of pride and selfe-conceit. Therefore was it that Paul doeth professe that hee would reioyce in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, &c: 1because he knewe they were excellent preseruatiues against his sinne.