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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.
Ye fight and war, and get nothing, because ye ask not They might think, doth not God carry a hard hand against us, sith we desire so much, and have so little? no (saith the Apostle) you rather carry an ill heart towards him: for you use all means of procuring your own misery, but no means at all of obtaining Gods mercy; and ⟨p. 23⟩therefore Ye get nothing because ye ask not. Which is one principal means of pulling down Gods blessings upon his servants. Doct. 5 1Doctrine, Prayer is the best means to be provided of all things needful for this life, and the life to come. God is a good householder, and if his children would receive good things from him, they must not fall together by the ears, nor grow to brawling and contending one with another (for that is the next way to make their Father scourge them all:) But they must betake themselves to prayer, and become humble and earnest suitors unto their Father, which is both the easiest and the surest course; God Reason 1 hath promised that if we ask we shall obtain: Mat. 7. 7.
Yee fight and warre, and get nothing, because yee aske not They might thinke, doth not God carie a hard hand against vs, sith wee desire so much, and haue so little? no (saith the Apostle) you rather carrie an ill heart towards him: for you vse all meanes of procuring your own miserie, but no meanes at all of obtaining Gods mercie; and ⟨p. 23⟩therefore Yee get nothing because ye aske not. Which is one principall meanes of pulling downe Gods blessings vpon his seruants. Doct. 5 1Doctrine, Prayer is the best meanes to bee prouided of all things needefull for this life, and the life to come. God is a good housholder, and if his children would receiue good things from him, they must not fall together by the eares, nor grow to brawling and contending one with another (for that is the next way to make their Father scourge them all:) But they must betake themselues to prayer, and become humble and earnest suters vnto their Father, which is both the easiest and the surest course; God Reason 1 hath promised that if we aske we shall obtaine: