A69075:2365
Christian religion
Christian religion: substantially, methodically[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitably treatisedChristian religion: substantially, methodicalli[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitablie treatised
London: printed by Felix Kingston for Thomas Man, 1611
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.
First, in the number of our debts to God, being compared to ten thousand; mens debts to us, to one hundred. Secondly, in the weight; our debts to God being compared to talents, and those to men being compared to pence.
First, in the number of our debts to God, being compared to ten thousand; mens debts to vs, to one hundred. Secondly, in the waight; our debts to God being compared to talents, and those to men being compared to pence.
How riseth this great inequality in the weight?
How riseth this great inequalitie in the waight?
From the great inequality between God and man: for if to strike a King be much more heinous then to strike a poor subject; what is it then to strike God, who is infinitely greater then all the Kings of the earth?
From the great inequalitie betweene God and man: for if to strike a King bee much more hainous then to strike a poore subiect; what is it then to strike God, who is infinitely greater then all the Kings of the earth?