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Hagio-mimesis The imitation of the saints
Hagio-mimesis The imitation of the saints : opened in some practical meditations upon the death of Mrs. Anne Browne, late wife of Mr. Peter Browne of Hammersmith / by Thomas Case ...
London: printed by A.M., 1666
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.
Surely, carnal men are Gods Antipodes, they stand upon their heads, and shake their heels against Heaven! They glory in their shame, and are ashamed of their glory; they vilify what they should admire, and admire what they should vilify; they imitate whom, and what they should abhor, and abhor what they should imitate! Ah how have the Sons of men lost not their conscience only, but their judgement! How have they divested themselves not of Religion only, but of Reason; and put off the Man, as well as the Saint! This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation! I come now to a more particular Application of this Doctrine, to our selves of this family, together with other Relations and ⟨p. 39⟩Friends, more especially concerned in our sorrows.
Surely, carnal men are Gods Antipodes, they stand upon their heads, and shake their heeles against Heaven! They glory in their shame, and are ashamed of their glory; they vilifie what they should admire, and admire what they should vilifie; they imitate whom, and what they should abhor, and abhor what they should imitate! Ah how have the Sons of men lost not their conscience only, but their judgement! How have they divested themselves not of Religion only, but of Reason; and put off the Man, as well as the Saint! This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation! I come now to a more particular Application of this Doctrine, to our selves of this family, together with other Relations and ⟨p. 39⟩Friends, more especially concerned in our sorrows.
Suffer I beseech you, a word of Exhortation.1
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