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A remedy against private contentions A godly and fruitful sermon on James, 4.1. &c.…A remedy against priuat contentions A godly and fruitfull sermon on Iames, 4.1. &c.…
A remedy against private contentions A godly and fruitful sermon on James, 4.1. &c. Wherein is at large discovered the hatefulness, and perniciousness of private jars and contentions, with manifold remedies against the same. By Mr. John Dod.A remedy against priuat contentions A godly and fruitfull sermon on Iames, 4.1. &c. Wherin is at large discouered the hatefulnes, and perniciousnesse of priuate iars and contentions, with manifold remedies against the same. By Mr. Iohn Dod.
London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for Thomas Man, 1614London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for Thomas Man, 1614
A REMEDY AGAINST Private Contentions.A REMEDIE AGAINST Priuate Contentions.
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.
First, do you hate your own sins, and have they caused you as often to break your sleep, as the injuries of ⟨p. 11⟩1others? Nay, that way they must needs confess they are more sparing: that then is nothing else but plain dissimulation, to pretend grief for another's sin, when you have little or none for your own.
First, doe you hate your owne sinnes, and haue they caused you as often to breake your sleepe, as the iniuries of ⟨p. 11⟩1others? Nay, that way they must needes confesse they are more sparing: that then is nothing else but plaine dissimulation, to pretend griefe for anothers sinne, when you haue little or none for your owne.
- 1Anger against sin how discerned.Anger against sinne how discerned.
Secondly, such as grieve for the faults of any, and are desirous to reform them, will use a good & discreet order in dealing with the parties, observing all circumstances for that end. As namely, first the circumstance of time, that they will not presently upon the committing of the offence fly in their faces in the view of all the standers by, seeking to disgrace them to the uttermost, but will wait the fittest opportunity, when with most benefit and least blemish to the party, they may help him against corruption. Secondly, as every sin is greater, so they will be more incensed against it: and herein doth the hypocrisy of many appear, that they will be more moved at some small offence. wherein they themselves are touched, then at a far greater matter, that nothing concerns their credit or commodity, though it do never so much concern Gods glory. Such may go masked under the veil of hypocrisy, but God will discover their false pretences in the end, neither let them ever look for comfort in the time of sickness or of death from such kind of zeal against sin.