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The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /
The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 / by John Howe ...
printed by Sarah Griffin for Samuel Thomson, 1668
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.
And whereas there is somewhat that is mutable, 1and subject to change, somewhat that is stable and sixth, in which of those natures (saith another) shall we please God; must we not in that which is more stable and sixth, and free from this fluidness and mutability? for what is there among all beings, that can be stable or consist, if God do not by his own touch, stay and sustain the nature of it?
And whereas there is somewhat that is mutable, 1and subject to change, somewhat that is stable and fixt, in which of those natures (saith another) shall we please God; must we not in that which is more stable and fixt, and free from this fluidness and mutability? for what is there am•ng all beings, that can be stable or consist, if God do not by his own touch, stay and sustain the nature of it?
- 1—[Greek or Hebrew], &c. Max. Ty•. disser. 1.—〈non-Latin alphabet〉, &c. Max. Ty•. disser. 1.
Hence is it made a piece of deformity, of likeness to God, by another, who tells his friend; It is an high and great thing which thou desirest: and even bordering upon a Deity, not to be moved.1
- 1Quod desideras aut•m, mag••m, summum […], Deoque vicinum, noah concuti. S•n. de trnquil. Animi.