A32052:217
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.
Thou mayst hear Sermons often, and do well in practising what thou hearest; but thou must not expect to be told thee in a Pulpit all that thou oughtest to do, but be studious in searching the Scriptures, and reading good Books; what thou hearest may be forgotten, but what thou readest may better be retained.
Take heed of giving thy self the liberty of committing one sin; ⟨p. 27⟩for that will lead thee to another, till by an ill custom it becometh natural.
That disease is desperate, which to keep is death, and to part with is impossible.
To begin an evil is of ill consequence, it teacheth one to shake hands with shame; but to continue in it, hardens the heart, and leads it till it be past grace.