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London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…
London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our (once renowned) city into a ruinous heap also the several lessons that are incumbent upon those whose houses have escaped the consuming flames / by Thomas Brooks.
London: printed for John Hancock and Nathaniel Ponder, 1670
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Now the loose and luxurious lives of such as had a profession upon them, hardened these in their errors, and caused them with open mouth greatly to reproach and deeply to censure the sincerest Saints. And Chrysostom preferred brute beasts before luxurious persons; for they go from belly to labour, when the luxurious person goes from belly to bed, or from belly to Cards or Dice; if not, to something that is worse. And Augustine well observes, that God hath not given to man talons and claws to rent and tear in pieces, as to Bears and Leopards; nor horns to push, as to Bulls and Unicorns; nor a sting to prick, as to Wasps, and Bees, and Serpents; nor a bill to strike, as to Eagles and Ostriches; nor a wide mouth to devour, as to Dogs and Lyons, but a little mouth, to show that man should be very temperate, both in his eating and drinking. How ⟨p. 84⟩applicable these things are to the luxurious persons that lived within and without the Walls of London before it was turned into ashes, I shall leave the wise in heart to judge. But,
Now the loose and luxurious lives of such as had a profession upon them, hardned these in their errours, and caused them with open mouth greatly to reproach and deeply to censure the sincerest Saints. And Chrysostom preferred brute beasts before luxurious persons; for they go from belly to labour, when the luxurious person goes from belly to bed, or from belly to Cards or Dice; if not, to something that is worse. And Augustine well observes, that God hath not given to man talons and claws to rent and tear in pieces, as to Bears and Leopards; nor horns to push, as to Bulls and Unicorns; nor a sting to prick, as to Wasps, and Bees, and Serpents; nor a bill to strike, as to Eagles and Ostriches; nor a wide mouth to devour, as to Dogs and Lyons, but a little mouth, to shew that man should be very temperate, both in his eating and drinking. How ⟨p. 84⟩applicable these things are to the luxurious persons that lived within and without the Walls of London before it was turned into ashes, I shall leave the wise in heart to judge. But,