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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.
Though they be bound to please a good hearer, yet they are not bound to please the inordinate appetite of hearers; and if their taste be vitiated, they must see quid ⟨p. 305⟩morbus, non quid ager postulat; What the disease, not what the sick party requireth. There is a disease called malacia, [[Greek or Hebrew] Pica] wherein the party desires coals and ashes, for the humours that possesses the mouth and the stomach. Now a good Physician will not give him coals, but labour to purge him of that disease, and feed him with good meat; so suppose the Auditory be inordinate Hearers, they must not be pleased, for morbi augentur similibus, diseases are increased by their likes, but they must seek to purge the peoples stomachs of these impure humours, and feed them with wholesome food. Is it not for more reason that those which are of uncircumcised ears, should be healed, then that the Word should be mingled to please them? Is it not better that they should be purged to taste the pure water, then that their food be squared for them?
Though they be bound to please a good hearer, yet they are not bound to please the inordinate appetite of hearers; and if their taste be vitiated, they must see quid ⟨p. 305⟩morbus, non quid ager postulat; What the disease, not what the sick party requireth. There is a disease called malacia, [〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Pica] wherein the party desires coals and ashes, for the humors that possesses the mouth and the stomack. Now a good Physitian will not give him coals, but labour to purge him of that disease, and feed him with good meat; so suppose the Auditory be inordinate Hearers, they must not be pleased, for morbi augentur similibus, diseases are increased by their likes, but they must seek to purge the peoples stomacks of these impure humors, and feed them with wholesom food. Is it not for more reason that those which are of uncircumcised ears, should be healed, then that the Word should be mingled to please them? Is it not better that they should be purged to taste the pure water, then that their food be squared for them?