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The right wayThe right vvay
The right way: or A direction for obtaining good success in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.The right vvay: or A direction for obtaining good successe in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.
London: printed by A. Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1648London: printed by A. Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1648
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5. The former is a matter of truth and sincerity: the later of hypocrisy and superstition.
5. The former is a matter of truth and sincerity: the later of hypocrisie and superstition.
In a word, by keeping the body under the corrupt flesh is tamed: and yet the strength of a mans outward body not impaired: but by neglecting the body, a mans outward body consisting of flesh and bone is weakened, and yet the corrupt flesh not subdued.
In a word, by keeping the body under the corrupt flesh is tamed: and yet the strength of a mans outward body not impaired: but by neglecting the body, a mans outward body consisting of flesh and bone is weakned, and yet the corrupt flesh not subdued.
The afflicting of themselves mentioned in my text is a branch of that holy revenge, which is reckoned up among the fruits of godly sorrow, 2 Cor. 7. 11. and it is an evidence of a broken spirit and contrite heart, which David stileth the sacrifices of God, which he will not despise, Psal. 51. 17.