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Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common…Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common…
Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common sins; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, and bribery. Wherein the greatness and odiousness of these vices is discovered; and the means and remedies, which may either preserve, or wean men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By John Downame Bachelor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods word.Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common sinnes; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkennesse, whoredome, and briberie. Wherein the greatnes and odiousnesse of these vices is discouered; and the meanes and remedies, which may either preserue, or weane men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By Iohn Dovvname Batcheler in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for William Welby, 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.
So Shechem when he deflowered Jacobs daughter, is said to have committed folly in Israel;1 and Tamar dissuading Ammon from a rape, saith, that thereby he should become as one of the fools in Israel. So the wise man rangeth the young fornicator in the rank of fools,2 Prou. 7.7. I saw among the fools a young man. &c. and lest the title of folly should not sufficiently express his sottishness, he compareth him to an ox led to the slaughter, 3thereby implying that he was not only a fool, but even brutish in his folly.
So Sichem whē he defloured Iacobs daughter, is said to haue committed follie in Israel;1 and Thamar disswading Ammon from a rape, saith, that thereby he should become as one of the fooles in Israel. So the wise man rangeth the young fornicator in the rancke of fooles,2 Prou. 7.7. I saw among the fooles a young man. &c. and lest the title of follie should not sufficiently expresse his sottishnes, he compareth him to an oxe led to the slaughter, 3therby implying that he was not onely a foole, but euen brutish in his folly.
- 1Gen. 34.7.
- 22. Sam. 13.13.
- 3vers. 22.