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The first dish at the Will-shire feast, Novemb. 9, 1654, or, A sermon preached…The first dish at the Wil-shire feast, Novemb. 9, 1654, or, A sermon preached…
The first dish at the Will-shire feast, Novemb. 9, 1654, or, A sermon preached at Laurence Jury to those that there offered their peace-offerings, and went thence to dine at Merchant-Tailors-Hall by Samuel Annesley ...The first dish at the Wil-shire feast, Novemb. 9, 1654, or, A sermon preached at Laurence Jury to those that there offered their peace-offerings, and went thence to dine at Merchant-Taylors-Hall by Samuel Annesley ...
London: printed by E.T. for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1655
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1 CHRON. 12.32. And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the Times, to know what Israel ought to do: the heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren were at their commandment.
I Forbear a Preface, because I have so much work in the Text. To improve time at the first, that we may not want it at the last, I shall fall directly upon the words.
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know, &c.
In an historical relation, you expect no other choice of words, then only fit expressions, neither will a narrative well endure a garnish; for many times, while the story is trimmed, the truth is smothered: yet in some cases, the highest strains of Rhetorical elegance, can but sufficiently adorn noble Truth.
In an historical relation, you expect no other choice of words, then only fit expressions, neither will a narrative well endure a garnish; for many times, while the story is trim'd, the truth is smother'd: yet in some cases, the highest strains of Rhetorical elegance, can but sufficiently adorn noble Truth.