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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
But you will say, how shall we know this?1
- 1Quest. Answ.
You shall know it partly by the wearing, and by the use. A counterfeit thing is discovered by the use, as counterfeit colours they wear out, they last not long; a counterfeit drug is known by the working of it: a bow that is not sound, but rotten, you shall know it when it is used. When a friend is put to it, and comes to the trial, you shall know whether he be counterfeit by that. ⟨p. 264⟩So put this godliness to the act, see what it is when you come to performances, when you come to bring things into execution, you shall find, if there be nothing but a form, it will fail you in those cases. It will not do the thing, it carries a show indeed, but when you come to real and spiritual performances of the duties of godliness, when it comes to the wearing, when it comes to the use, there it fails and holds not out.
You shall know it partly by the wearing, and by the use. A counterfeit thing is discovered by the use, as counterfeit colours they wear out, they last not long; a counterfeit drug is known by the working of it: a bow that is not sound, but rotten, you shall know it when it is used. When a friend is put to it, and comes to the tryal, you shall know whether he be counterfeit by that. ⟨p. 264⟩So put this godliness to the act, see what it is when you come to performances, when you come to bring things into execution, you shall find, if there be nothing but a form, it will fail you in those cases. It will not do the thing, it carries a shew indeed, but when you come to real and spiritual performances of the duties of godliness, when it comes to the wearing, when it comes to the use, there it fails and holds not out.