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Seven godly and fruitful sermons. The six first preached by Master John DodSeuen godlie and fruitfull sermons. The six first preached by Master Iohn Dod
Seven godly and fruitful sermons. The six first preached by Master John Dod: the last by Master Robert Cleaver. Whereunto is annexed, a brief discourse, touching, 1. Extinguishing of the spirit, 2. Murmuring in afflictionSeuen godlie and fruitfull sermons. The six first preached by Master Iohn Dod: the last by Master Robert Cleauer. Whereunto is annexed, a briefe discourse, touching, 1. Extinguishing of the spirit, 2. Murmuring in affliction
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for William Welby, 1614
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.
He that would be freed from all hurts and dangers, let him not run hither and thither without any warrant, as a masterless hound, but let him follow his business with a quiet heart, and look for comfort from above, and he shall be sure not to miss of it.
He that would be freed from all hurts and dangers, let him not runne hither and thither without any warrant, as a masterlesse hound, but let him follow his businesse with a quiet heart, and looke for comfort from aboue, and he shall bee sure not to misse of it.
We read in the 11. chapter of Johns Gospel, 1that when Christ was about to go into Judea, his Disciples dissuaded him, saying, Master, the Jews sought lately to stone thee, and doest thou go thither again? as if they should say, have you no more care of your own safety, but to run even upon the swords point, and to cast your self into the Lions mouth? But Jesus answered, are there not twelve hours in the day? if a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world: as if he had said, though wicked men go about to kill me, yet seeing God calleth me hither; for all their madness, they shall not be able to hurt me: for I walk in the light all the while that I go about my fathers business; and as there is no danger of stumbling so long as a man hath the day light to guide him: so is there no peril to be seared from men, so long as a man hath the light of a good conscience to assure him that he is about those works which God calleth him unto. Indeed if a man be otherwise employed, then he walks in the night, as our Saviour speaketh, and then he may