A26344:125
God's anger
God's anger ; and, Man's comfort two sermons / preached and published by Tho. Adams.
London: printed by Tho. Maxey for Samuel Man, 1652
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Do thou first recover truth: by continual labour seek it, with prayers and tears beg it, with the expense of much sorrow buy it, and then peace will come in to the bargain: Gods comfort shall again delight thy soul.
Do thou first recover truth: by continuall labour seeke it, with prayers and teares begg it, with the expense of much sorrow buy it, and then peace will come in to the bargaine: Gods comfort shall again delight thy soul.
Another complains; I am cast out of 1doors: I have no harbour but the hedges; nor ⟨p. 77⟩lodging, but the fruitless ground. Poverty hath sent out her excommunication against me: all that have an estate, are forewarned to shun my company.
Another complaines; I am cast out of 1doors: I have no harbour but the hedges; nor ⟨p. 77⟩lodging, but the fruitless ground. Poverty hath sent out her excommunication against me: all that have an estate, are forewarned to shun my company.
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Consider, when had Jacob so sweet a nights rest, as when the pillow he laid his head upon was a hard stone? Then was that ladder set by him, by which his soul might climb up to heaven in a vision, whereof before he had but the speculation. The Angels were dancing those measures, and singing those raptures about him, which did in a manner angelifie him. His body lay on the bare earth, his soul with those spiritual wings of faith and love, was mounted above the clouds, above the orbs, even conversant in the highest heavens.