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Three sermons preached 1. In Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the…
Three sermons preached 1. In Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King James into blessedness. 2. In Christs Church, at the triennial visitation of the right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of London. 3. In the chapel by Guildhall, at the solemn election of the Right Honourable the Lord Major of London. / By Tho: Adams.Three sermons preached 1. In Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King Iames into blessednesse. 2. In Christs Church, at the trienniall visitation of the right Reuerend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of London. 3. In the chappell by Guildhall, at the solemne election of the Right Honourable the Lord Maior of London. / By Tho: Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes, 1625
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.
2. Cor lapideum, a hard or stony heart. This is Ingratum ad beneficia, infidum ad consilia, inverecundum ad turpia, inhumanum ad bona, temerarium ad omnia. A Rock, which all the Floods of that infinite Sea of Gods mercies and Judgements cannot soften. A Stithy, that is still the harder for beating. It hath all the properties of a stone: it is as cold as a stone, as heavy as a stone, as hard as a stone, as senseless as a stone. No persuasions can heat it, no prohibitions can stay it, no instructions can teach it, no compassions can mollify it. Were it of ⟨p. 67⟩iron, it might be wrought: were it of lead, it might be molten, and cast into some better form: were it of earth, it might be tempered to another fashion: but being stone, nothing remains but that it be broken. What was Pharaohs greatest plague? was it the murrain of Beasts? was it the plague of Boils? was it the destruction of the Fruits? was it the turning of their Rivers into Blood? was it the striking of their First borne with death? No, though all these plagues were grievous, yet one was more grievous then all; Cor durum, his hard heart. He that knows all hearts, knows how ill this would be in a Magistrate: a heart, which no cries of Orphans, no tears of Widows, no mourning of the oppressed, can melt into pity. From such a Heart good Lord deliver us.
2. Cor lapideum, a hard or stony heart. This is Ingratum ad beneficia, infidum ad consilia, inverecundum ad turpia, inhumanum ad bona, temerarium ad omnia. A Rocke, which all the Floods of that infinite Sea of Gods mercies and Iudgements cannot soften. A Stitthy, that is still the harder for beating. It hath all the properties of a stone: it is as cold as a stone, as heauie as a stone, as hard as a stone, as senselesse as a stone. No perswasions can heate it, no prohibitions can stay it, no instructions can teach it, no compassions can mollifie it. Were it of ⟨p. 67⟩yron, it might bee wrought: were it of lead, it might bee molten, and cast into some better forme: were it of earth, it might bee tempered to another fashion: but being stone, nothing remaines but that it bee broken. What was Pharaohs greatest plague? was it the murraine of Beastes? was it the plague of Boyles? was it the destruction of the Fruits? was it the turning of their Riuers into Blood? was it the striking of their First borne with death? No, though all these plagues were grieuous, yet one was more grieuous then all; Cor durum, his hard heart. Hee that knowes all hearts, knowes how ill this would be in a Magistrate: a heart, which no cryes of Orphans, no teares of Widowes, no mourning of the oppressed, can melt into pitie. From such a Heart good Lord deliuer vs.