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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 the Waves of the Sea are troublesome and unfixed, so are the ⟨p. 15⟩Thoughts and Actions of a wicked man.
As the Waves of the Sea are troublesome and unfixt, so are the ⟨p. 15⟩Thoughts and Actions of a wicked man.
If thou risest from a low estate to a great one, it is but like stepping from a Boat or Barge, into a Ship; thy dangers continue, for thou art still upon the Sea.
The way to be either loved, or envied, is to serve God betimes; so shall God and good men love thee, and wicked men envy thy Glories.
The way to be either lov'd, or envy'd, is to serve God betimes; so shall God and good men love thee, and wicked men envy thy Glories.
If thou art afflicted, remember afflictions are Gods Potions, which thou mayst sweeten by Faith and Prayer: but take heed of Impatience and Unbelief, for those two ingredients will make them bitter as Gall.