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A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…A plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the…
A plain and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon
London: printed by Thomas Haveland for Thomas Man, 1609London: printed by Thomas Haueland for Thomas Man, 1609
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.
Reason 1 First, the sins of the godly are all washed away by the blood of Christ; and in this respect, they are holy & blameless before God, without spot or wrinkle, or any thing that may defile them. Purge me with hyssop (saith the Prophet) and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.1
Reason 1 First, the sinnes of the godly are all washed away by the blood of Christ; and in this respect, they are holy & blamelesse before God, without spot or wrinkle, or any thing that may defile them. Purge mee with hysope (saith the Prophet) and I shall be cleane: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.1
Secondly, both clearing and cleansing do always follow confession of sins, and unfeigned repentance: and therefore the Apostle telleth the Corinthians (after their godly sorrow, declared by their care and fear, with indignation, zeal, punishment, and the like) that in all things they had showed themselves 1to be pure in that matter.
Secondly, both clearing and cleansing doe alwaies follow confession of sinnes, and vnfained repentance: and therfore the Apostle telleth the Corinthians (after their godly sorrow, declared by their care and feare, with indignation, zeale, punishment, and the like) that in all things they had shewed themselues 1to be pure in that matter.
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