A30139:101
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
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.
Sincerity! Grace is thereto entailed, The man that was sincere, God never failed; One Tear that falleth from Sincerity, Is worth ten thousand from Hypocrisy.1
Sincerity! Grace is thereto entail'd, The man that was sincere, God never fail'd; One Tear that falleth from Sincerity, Is worth ten thousand from Hypocrisy.1
- 1Jos. 24.14. Matt. 23. 2 Cor. 1.12. Chap. 2.17. Chap. 8.8. 1 Pet. 2.1, 2. Phil. 1.10. John. 1.47, 48, 49. Ephes. 6.24.
6. Meekness is also here imposed by Law, A Froward Spirit is not worth a straw. A froward Spirit is a bane to rest, They find it so, who lodge it in their Breast.
6. Meekness is also here impos'd by Law, A Froward Spririt is not worth a straw. A froward Spirit is a bane to rest, They find it so, who lodge it in their Breast.