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A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in the Abbey…A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres, in the Abbey…
A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in the Abbey at Westminster, the 26. of Novemb. 1645. Being the day appointed for solemn and public humiliation. / By Jer: Burroughs. Published by order of the said House.A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres, in the Abbey at Westminster, the 26. of Novemb. 1645. Being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation. / By Jer: Burroughes. Published by order of the said House.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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2. Learn the lesson of the different principles from whence creature comforts come, sometimes from Love, sometimes from Anger and hatred;1 the right understanding this, would cause you to be unsatisfied in all your abundance, till you know from what principle it flows. The very searching for satisfaction in this, would have great power upon your spirits, to order and regulate them in the enjoyment of your abundance.
2. Learne the lesson of the different principles from whence creature comforts come, sometimes from Love, sometimes from Anger and hatred;1 the right understanding this, would cause you to be unsatisfied in all your abundance, till you know from what principle it flowes. The very searching for satisfaction in this, would have great power upon your spirits, to order and regulate them in the enjoyment of your abundance.
- 1Admonendi sunt qui hoc mundo prosperantur, ut solerter considerent praes•rti vitae prosperitas, aliquando datur ut ad meliorem vitam provocet, aliquando ut in aeternum plenius damnet. Greg.Admonēdi sunt qui hoc mundo prosperantur, ut solerter considerent praes•rti vitae prosperitas, aliquando datur ut ad meliorem vitam provocet, aliquando ut in aeternum plenius damnet. Greg.
3. Learn the lesson of your own unworthiness, why should God give you rather then others? who hath made you to differ?
3. Learne the lesson of your own unworthinesse, why should God give you rather then others? who hath made you to differ?