A32052:332
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.
To be always begging or borrowing, and never paying, is the disposition of a covetous and ingrateful man, and doth oftentimes set the dearest friends at variance.
Nature excuseth the follies of a fool, but the ungrateful man hath no Apology.
To be courteous to one that is ungrateful, is like ones hiding his treasure in the Sea.
Near Relations that are strongly bound by the bonds of Affinity and Consanguinity, are oftentimes divided by this black sin of ingratitude.
Neer Relations that are strongly bound by the bonds of Affinity and Consanguinity, are oftentimes divided by this black sin of ingratitude.
He that will forget a kindness, is ungrateful; but he that renders a discourtesy for a courtesy, is impious.