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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
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for all the friends and means that the world affordeth cannot quench this flame, nor recover this loss, as they may the other: and therefore ⟨p. 18⟩they are the fools of the world, that are the sinners of the world: and there is no such frenzy, as for a man to provoke his Creator: and whatsoever applause wicked persons have for a season, yet at length all the world shall see, and they themselves shall feel, that they have been notorious fools: Jer. 17.11.
for all the friends and meanes that the world affordeth cannot quench this flame, nor recouer this losse, as they may the other: and therefore ⟨p. 18⟩they are the fooles of the world, that are the sinners of the world: and there is no such frensie, as for a man to prouoke his Creator: and whatsoeuer applause wicked persons haue for a season, yet at length all the world shall see, and they themselues shall feele, that they haue beene notorious fooles: Ier. 17.11.
This serveth for instruction, Use. 1 that if we would not be branded with the name of fools and Idiots, we be careful to eschew all manner of sins: and on the contrary, if we would be truly wise, let us cleave unto the Lord in constant and faithful obedience: that was the reason why David was wiser then his enemies, 1then his teachers, then the aged, because he kept Gods statutes. What made those in the Gospel to be foolish Virgins, but this, that they made not provision for eternal life? And what made the other five to be indeed wise, but that their hearts and lives were adorned and beautified with grace and goodness? Ahithophel was a deep politician; yet because he was destitute of heavenly wisdom, he showed himself to be but a miserable base fool: for when he had no means to help himself, he went and hanged himself: if one had studied an hundred years, he could hardly have found out a readier way to manifest his notable folly, then he took in that horrible murdering of himself.