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The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission
The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission wherein is discovered, the nature, causes, and cure of those sins / by Geo. Swinnock.
London: printed for Geo. Swinnock, 1675
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
For so mean a thing as I am to address my self to a Personage of your Honour and Quality, may cause wonder in others, and abashment in my self: But for some Considerations, which may ⟨image 3⟩give them satisfaction, and me boldness, and encouragement.
FOr so mean a thing as I am to address my self to a Personage of your Honour and Quality, may cause wonder in others, and abashment in my self: But for some Considerations, which may ⟨image 3⟩give them satisfaction, and me boldness, and encouragement.
What I now present your Honour, is a poor Widows mite; such as, being cast into the Treasury of Gods Temple, may contribute something to repair the breaches of collapsed Piety, and such as, I hope, the Lord of Lords will not despise.
Do I call it Mine? (I must correct my self) it is indeed your Honours, and my tendering it to your acceptance, is but my paying you your own: It is a Legacy left you by my dear deceased Husband, who commanded me on his death-bed in all humble wise to present it to your Honour, and publish it under your Protection: So that although it was left with me, it was left by him for your Honour.
Do I call it Mine? (I must correct my self) it is indeed your Honours, and my tendring it to your acceptance, is but my paying you your own: It is a Legacy left you by my dear deceased Husband, who commanded me on his death-bed in all humble wise to present it to your Honour, and publish it under your Protection: So that although it was left with me, it was left by him for your Honour.