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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
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.
First, Some say, that there was a little gate in Jerusalem called the Needles-eye, which was so low and little, that it §1was impossible for a Camel to enter in at it with his burden, and therefore when Camels came that way, they took off their loads, and the Camels themselves were forced to stoop before they could pass through that gate: some think that our Saviour alludes to this. But,
First, Some say, that there was a little gate in Jerusalem called the Needles-eye, which was so low and little, that it §1was impossible for a Camel to enter in at it with his b•rden, and therefore when Camels came that way, they took off their loads, and the Camels themselves were forced to stoop before they could pass through that gate: some think that our Saviour alludes to this. But,
Secondly, Others interpret it of a Cable-rope or Cord: §2and then thus they expound the words; A man cannot b• any means possible put a Cable through a Needles eye; but if he untwist it, he may by thread and thread put it thorough.
Secondly, Others interpret it of a Cabel-rope or Cord: §2and then thus they expound the words; A man cannot b• any means possible put a Cable through a Needles eye; but if he untwist it, he may by thred and thred put it thorough.