A26344:85
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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How capable, how active is the soul of man! It is even comprehensive of universality, and hath virtutem ad infinita: nature hath set no limits to the thoughts of the soul. It can pass by her nimble wings from earth to heaven in a moment it can be all things, comprehend all things, know that which is, and conceive of that which never was, never shall be. The heart is but a little house, and hath but three chambers, yet there is room enough for a world of guests. God, the Creator of all, made this soul in a Cottage of clay, and this soul is a kind of Creator too: for though it dwell in a close prison, it can produce creatures, Thoughts: and any one of these creatures can move with the Heavens, move faster then the Heavens; over take the Sun, and overgo the Sun; contemplate that which the Sun never saw, even the dreadful abyss of hell, and a glimpse of the glory of Heaven. So various and innumerable are the thoughts of man, that he had need of an astrolabe, to mark in what height and elevation they are; and so either to advance ⟨p. 46⟩them, or stoop them, as they deserve.
How capable, how active is the soul of man! It is even comprehensive of universality, and hath virtutem ad infinita: nature hath set no limits to the thoughts of the soul. It can passe by her nimble wings from earth to heaven in a moment it can be all things, comprehend all things, know that which is, and conceive of that which never was, never shall be. The heart is but a little house, and hath but three chambers, yet there is room enough for a world of guests. God, the Creator of all, made this soul in a Cottage of clay, and this soul is a kind of Creator too: for though it dwell in a close prison, it can produce creatures, Thoughts: and any one of these creatures can move with the Heavens, move faster then the Heavens; over take the Sun, and overgoe the Sun; contemplate that which the Sun never saw, even the dreadfull abysse of hell, and a glimpse of the glory of Heaven. So various and innumerable are the thoughts of man, that hee had need of an astrolobe, to marke in what height and elevation they are; and so either to advance ⟨p. 46⟩them, or stoope them, as they deserve.