A20766:1832
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
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.
Ninthly, In Gods Children there is a greater fervency of Spirit, in praying for the things that concern Gods glory, then for those that concern our own good, yea though it be the salvation of our souls; and in those that concern our own good, greater zeal, and fervency for heavenly things, then for earthly, that are sought but as additaments, and appendances to the other; all which, the very order of petitioning in the ⟨p. 468⟩Lords Prayer showeth. Contrariwise, of these, worldly things are altogether, or (at the least) most sought after.
Ninthly, In Gods Children there is a greater feruencie of Spirit, in praying for the things that concerne Gods glorie, then for those that concerne our owne good, yea though it be the saluation of our soules; and in those that concerne our owne good, greater zeale, and feruencie for heauenly things, then for earthly, that are sought but as additaments, and appendances to the other; all which, the very order of petitioning in the ⟨p. 468⟩Lords Prayer sheweth. Contrariwise, of these, worldly things are altogether, or (at the least) most sought after.