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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.
Notwithstanding that is not to be done, for
1. It is idle and needless, why may not English alone serve? it is an idle word, and if that be at no time to be spoken, much less in preaching the Gospel.
2. It is usually done out of ostentation. For when ⟨p. 314⟩men hear them they think they do it to show their learning, and so do it out of vanity; if the auditory be mixed a Latin word may sometimes be used, if wholly Ignorant then not at all. By this you may see how far we may go in using humane sayings. Now the using of them in other cases as for ostentation and vain glory or such like, is not to be done.
2. It is usually done out of ostentation. For when ⟨p. 314⟩men hear them they think they do it to shew their learning, and so do it out of vanity; if the auditory be mixt a Latine word may sometimes be used, if wholly Ignorant then not at all. By this you may see how far we may go in using humane sayings. Now the using of them in other cases as for ostentation and vain glory or such like, is not to be done.