A32052:1218
Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver…
Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver being a collection of divine sentences / written and delivered by those late reverend and eminent ministers of the gospel, Mr. Edmund Calamy, Mr. Joseph Caryl, Mr. Ralph Venning, Mr. James Janeway.
London : s.n., 1674
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.
As it is hard to bend a well grown Stick, so is it difficult to work upon the heart of a desperate seasoned sinner; for he runs on in his wickedness, and is deaf to all good instructions.
As it is hard to bend a wellgrown Stick, so is it difficult to work upon the heart of a desperate season'd sinner; for he runs on in his wickedness, and is deaf to all good instructions.
1They have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Onwards they run, a ready pace; Plainer's the way, than that to grace.
A Saint will not sin, though he knows that sin may work for his advantage.
1All things work together for the good of them that love God.