A20760:584
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.
It extinguisheth the love of God: for how should we love God whom we have not seen, if we do not love our neighbour whom we have seen? 1. Joh. 4.20. And how do we love our neighbour, if upon no cause or every trifling cause, we be incensed to iniust anger against him?
It extinguisheth the loue of God: for how should we loue God whom we haue not seene, if we do not loue our neighbour whom we haue seene? 1. Ioh. 4.20. And how do we loue our neighbour, if vpon no cause or euery trifling cause, wee be incensed to iniust anger against him?
It overthroweth the principal part of Gods worship, invocation: for if we would compass the Altar, and there offer up the sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving, we must first wash our hands in innocency: 1Psalm. 26.6. And this the Apostle Paul requireth, 1. Tim. 2.8. That we lift up pure hands without anger. And our Saviour Christ commandeth, that before we offer any gift unto the Lord, we first seek to be reconciled: Matth. 5.23.2 So long therefore as we continue in our anger, we are unfit to pray, as it most manifestly appeareth in the fifth petition, where we desire so to be forgiven as we forgive: and because the Lord would have us deeply consider thereof, he thinketh it not sufficient to set it down in the Lords prayer,3