A32052:2114
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.
In a moral sense, sin hath degraded man by defiling him. Sin hath robbed man of his primitive Excellency; of a Lord, he is become a servant, yea a slave to Devils, and lusts of all sorts.
In a moral sense, sin hath degraded man by defiling him. Sin hath rob'd man of his primitive Excellencie; of a Lord, he is become a servant, yea a slave to Devils, and lusts of all sorts.
His body is defiled: their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, with their tongues they use deceit, the poison of Asps is under their Lips, their Throat is an open Sepulchre, Eyes full of Adultery, the Eye-lids Haughty, Ears dull of Hearing, yea deaf as the Adder; the Forehead as impudent as a Brow of brass, both Hands are employed to work Iniquity, the Belly an Idol-God, the Feet are swift to shed Blood.
His body is defiled: their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, with their tongues they use deceit, the poyson of Asps is under their Lips, their Throat is an open Sepulchre, Eyes full of Adultery, the Eye-lids Haughty, Ears dull of Hearing, yea deaf as the Adder; the Forehead as impudent as a Brow of brass, both Hands are imployed to work Iniquity, the Belly an Idol-God, the Feet are swift to shed Blood.
Within the Gall is a Gall of Bitterness, the Spleen is infected with Envy and Malice.