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The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that…
The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that have mis-spent their time showing how they should redeem it comfortably / by William Whately ... ; now published for general good by Richard Baxter.The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that have mis-spent their time shewing how they should redeem it comfortably / by William Whately ... ; now published for general good by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1673
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.
The world would have framed a more crooked conclusion from this ground, and have said, Because men are so generally and extremely bad, (for that is noted in saying, the days are evil) we must therefore needs strain courtesy a little, and not be too strict, lest we should be over much different from other men, and incur the by-name of Singularists. But the Apostle telleth us, that because the waves of men are excessively disordered, and full of naughtiness, we should bestow so much the more pains, that we might not be carried ⟨p. 6⟩down the violent stream and deluge o• unsanctified living; and unto this intent should earnestly watch, and diligently take all good occasions of getting and doing good. You see in part the meaning of this short sentence, which containeth a few words indeed, but is stuffed full of worthy matter, which (according as my weakness can attain) I shall strive to spread before your eyes, unfolding it in such manner, as that you may perceive the things, that lay therein closely wrapped up before.
The world would have framed a more crooked conclusion from this ground, and have said, Because men are so generally and extremely bad, (for that is noted in saying, the days are evil) we must therefore needs strain courtesie a little, and not be too strict, lest we should be over much different from other men, and incur the by-name of Singularists. But the Apostle telleth us, that because the waves of men are excessively disordered, and full of naughtiness, we should bestow so much the more pains, that we might not be carried ⟨p. 6⟩down the violent stream and deluge o• unsanctified living; and unto this intent should earnestly watch, and diligently take all good occasions of getting and doing good. You see in part the meaning of this short sentence, which containeth a few words indeed, but is stuft full of worthy matter, which (according as my weakness can attain) I shall strive to spread before your eyes, unfolding it in such manner, as that you may perceive the things, that lay therein closely wrapped up before.