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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.
May we not use them for ornament to set it out better.1
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Though the things be ornaments in themselves, such as have excellency in them, yet they are not so to the 1word, they beautify not that, for all ornaments come not from the thing put to it, but from the suitableness of it. Those speeches that would adorn an oration, will not a Sermon. There is an Eloquence that adorns a speech, but agrees not to the gravity of the Word.
Though the things be ornaments in themselves, such as have excellency in them, yet they are not so to the 1word, they beautifie not that, for all ornaments come not from the thing put to it, but from the suitableness of it. Those speeches that would adorn an oration, will not a Sermon. There is an Eloquence that adorns a speech, but agrees not to the gravity of the Word.
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