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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.
If we may bring in things we find, why should we rob them of their credit, and not name them?1
- 1Object.
I appeal to the conscience of men, whether they aim not at their own credit more then the Authors; and we 1shall find it to be their own for which they name them, otherwise if we should deliver nothing, but name the Author, why not for all that we receive from them; which none expects.
- 1Answ.
Although we receive knowledge from Authors, yet we 1are not to bring it in altogether such as we find it, but we must cast it into a mould and digest it; many times flowers grow afresh from old stalks; the sayings of Authors are fresh flowers, but when they are inserted unseasonably they wither.
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