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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 FIRST SERMON, UPON the twelfth of Zechariah.THE FIRST SERMON, VPON the twelfth of Zechariah.
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In the next place it is said, that when his children shall look upon him, They shall lament for him, or over him, or concerning him: (all comes to one reckoning.) As soon as they see what evils, and miseries, they have brought upon Christ Jesus, by their transgressions, and how odious their offences are, which could be healed by no other medicine, but by the precious blood of the immaculate lamb of God: the due consideration hereof will cause them to be troubled and grieved at the very heart. Which grief is set out, by two special circumstances; two wit, by the greatness of it, and by the truth of it. The greatness thereof is declared by two comparisons, which yet are inferior and less then the thing it self.
In the next place it is said, that when his children shall looke vpon him, They shall lament for him, or ouer him, or concerning him: (all comes to one reckoning.) As soone as they see what euils, and miseries, they haue brought vpon Christ Iesus, by their transgressions, and how odious their offences are, which could be healed by no other medicine, but by the precious bloud of the immaculate lambe of God: the due consideration hereof will cause them to bee troubled and grieued at the very heart. Which griefe is set out, by two speciall circumstances; two wit, by the greatnesse of it, and by the truth of it. The greatnesse thereof is declared by two comparisons, which yet are inferiour and lesse then the thing it selfe.
For the first comparison, it is said, That they should lament for him, as one that mourneth for his only son, and be sorry, as one is sorry for his first borne. If parents have many children, yet it will much grieve them to part with any of them: but if they have but one only son, who is likely to be the heir of the family, and they lose him, and so are disappointed of their hope, then they usually mourn with an exceeding bitter lamentation, as the woman of the city of Nain did for the death ⟨p. 5⟩of her only son. Luke 7. 11. Such (the holy Ghost saith) shall be the sorrow of all true penitent persons, when they apprehend the multitude and grievousness of their sins, whereby they have slain the Lord of life.