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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Holy comeliness is that which expresseth to the eye the sincerity of the heart, and the Godliness, Temperance, and Gravity, either of Man, or Woman.
Sobriety is a virtue, which consisteth in the holy use of food.
Rules to be observed in the use of diet;1
- 1Rules to be observed in the use of diet.
1. The chiefest at the Banquet, or Table, ought to consecrate the meat to God by saying Grace, 1 Sam. 9. 13. Mark. 6. 39. 41. Act. 27. 35.