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…

And not to insist long upon the former, that the godly are oft ⟨p. 192⟩heavy, not because they are themselves holy, but because others,^m whom they desire should be so,ⁿ are not as themselves are. It is not their own holiness, but thy profaneness that maketh them heavy. As^o the bad lives of the Sodomites were an heart-sore to Lot, and^p the wicked courses of Davids enemies, a great grief unto David. ^qNor were a man indeed truly good, did he not desire to have others also good;^r nor can he be desirous that others should do well, but he must needs be grieved when he shall see them do otherwise than well. They are one main cause of their heaviness, that find fault with them for it. They should have the less cause to be heavy, and it were not for such as they are.

And not to insist long upon the former, that the godly are oft ⟨p. 192⟩heavie, not because they are themselves holy, but because others,^m whom they desire should be so,ⁿ are not as themselves are. It is not their owne holinesse, but thy prophanenesse that maketh them heavie. As^o the bad lives of the Sodomites were an heart-sore to Lot, and^p the wicked courses of Davids enemies, a great griefe unto David.