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Three godly and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Master John DodThree godlie and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Maister Iohn Dod
Three godly and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Master John Dod: the last by Master Robert Cleaver. Whereunto are annexed, five propositions, or points of doctrine, comprehended in three other sermons, by the same authorThree godlie and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Maister Iohn Dod: the last by Maister Robert Cleauer. Whereunto are annexed, fiue propositions, or points of doctrine, comprehended in three other sermons, by the same author
London: printed by N. Okes and F. Kingston for William Welby, 1610
THE THIRD SERMON upon the fourteenth Psalm.THE THIRD SERMON vpon the fourteenth Psalme.
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.
For what saith the Prophet Zephany? In the great 1day of the Lords wrath, the strong man shall cry bitterly. Now crying is an argument of great perplexity and anguish, and of baseness of mind, when it proceedeth from outward causes; and yet the Prophet saith, that the strong men, and such as did profess fortitude, should cry, and that bitterly: and the more courageous they had been in sin, the more cowardly they should be when the Lord did visit them for sin.
For what saith the Prophet Zephany? In the great 1day of the Lords wrath, the strong man shall cry bitterly. Now crying is an argument of great perplexity and anguish, and of basenesse of mind, when it proceedeth from outward causes; and yet the Prophet saith, that the strong men, and such as did professe fortitude, should cry, and that bitterly: and the more couragious they had bene in sin, the more cowardly they should be when the Lord did visite them for sinne.
Object. 4 Lastly, there are others that think to carry out their vile practises by reason of their noble parentage, their high places, the multitude of their attendants, the largeness of their substance, &c. If they say the word, who can hinder the deed? who dare control them or cross them? If any think himself wronged (say they) let him take his advantage, and seek his remedy, &c.
Obiect. 4 Lastly, there are others that thinke to carie out their vile practises by reason of their noble parentage, their high places, the multitude of their attendants, the largenesse of their substance, &c. If they say the word, who can hinder the deed? who dare controll them or crosse them? If any thinke himselfe wronged (say they) let him take his aduantage, and seeke his remedie, &c.