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Certain sermons, first preached, and after published at several times, by M. Thomas Gataker…Certaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker…
Certain sermons, first preached, and after published at several times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the several texts and titles whereof are set down in the leaf followingCertaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the severall texts and titles whereof are set downe in the leafe following
London: printed by John Haviland and Anne Griffin, 1637London: printed by Iohn Haviland and Anne Griffin, 1637
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.
And that not without good cause. For,
Reason 1 1. We are then aptest to learn.a The foal is easier broken and brought to a pace, that is taken while it is yet young, than that is let alone till it have more years. The plant is easily bowed and bent any way, while it is but a twig, that will sooner break than bend when it is grown a strong tree.
Reason 1 1. We are then aptest to learne.a The foale is easier broken and brought to a pace, that is taken while it is yet young, than that is let alone till it have more yeares. The plant is easily bowed and bent any way, while it is but a twig, that will sooner breake than bend when it is growne a strong tree.
- aFingit equum docilem tenera cervice magister, Ire viam quam monstrat eques. Horat. epist. 2. Ut corpora ad quosdam membrorum flexus formari nisi tenera non possunt: sic animos quoque ad plaeraque duriores robur ipsum facit. Quintil. inst. l. 1. c. 1. In cunctis fere rebus citius assuescit omne quod tenerum est. Novellas adhuc & vix firmae radicis arbusculas, dum ad omnem ductum sequaces sunt, in quamlibet partem flecti facile est: quae natura plaerumque curvata cito ad arbitrium colentis corriguntur. Tenerae adhuc & primae aetatis animalia sine labour domari solent; quantoque citius à vagandi libertate dissueta sunt, tanto sacilius vel colla jugo, vel fraenis ora insuescunt. Pelag. ad Demetr.Fingit equum docilem tenera cervice magister, Ire viam quam monstrat eques. Horat. epist. 2. Vt corpora ad quosdam membrorum flexus formari nisi tenera non possunt: sic animos quoque ad plaeraque duriores robur ipsum facit. Quintil. inst. l. 1. c. 1. In cunctis fere rebus citius assuescit omne quod tenerum est. Novellas adhuc & vix firmae radicis arbusculas, dum ad omnem ductum sequaces sunt, in quamlibet partem flecti facile est: quae natura plaerumque curvata cito ad arbitrium colentis corriguntur. Tenerae adhuc & primae aetatis animalia sine labore domari solent; quantoque citius à vagandi libertate dissueta sunt, tanto sacilius vel colla jugo, vel fraenis ora insuescunt. Pelag. ad Demetr.