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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.
Use 1 Therefore let Gods servants never look to please the world by welldoing, but make full reckoning that they shall much displease them.
Vse 1 Therefore let Gods seruants neuer looke to please the world by weldoing, but make full reckoning that they shall much displease them.
Object. Oh but it is your own preciseness (will some say) that causeth you to be so much maligned and disliked.
Obiect. Oh but it is your owne precisenes (will some say) that causeth you to be so much maligned and disliked.
Answer. Nay, it is the worlds wickedness, not our strictness; ⟨p. 119⟩otherwise what caused the Prophets of God, the Son of God himself, and his holy Apostles to be so much hated and wronged by ungodly men? They dare not say it was their indiscretion and niceness, or any the like failing on their part, but in trueth the malice of the wicked, which is the very cause why even in these our days Gods people find such hard measure from profane persons.
Answere. Nay, it is the worlds wickednes, not our strictnes; ⟨p. 119⟩otherwise what caused the Prophets of God, the Sonne of God himself, and his holy Apostles to bee so much hated and wronged by vngodlie men? They dare not say it was their indiscretion and nisenesse, or any the like failing on their part, but in trueth the malice of the wicked, which is the very cause why euen in these our daies Gods people finde such hard measure from prophane persons.