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Old Mr. Dod's sayings
Old Mr. Dod's sayings; or, A posy gathered out of Mr. Dod's garden. Collected by R.T.Old Mr. Dod's sayings; or, A posie gathered out of Mr. Dod's garden. Collected by R.T.
printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1673
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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.
32. As we read of daily bread, so of a daily cross, Luk. 9.23. which we are bid to take, not to make: we need not make crosses for our selves, as we are too prone to do; but let God make them for us: Crosses being made in heaven best fit the Saints backs; and we must not lay them down, till they and we lie down together.
32. As we read of daily bread, so of a daily cross, Luk. 9.23. which we are bid to take, not to make: we need not make crosses for our selves, as we are too prone to doe; but let God make them for us: Crosses being made in heaven best fit the Saints backs; and we must not lay them downe, till they and we lie down together.
33. It was a notable saying of a holy man, Quench Hell, and burn Heaven, yet I will love and fear my God.
34. It is not crying out upon the Devil, nor declaiming against Sin in Prayer or discourse, but fighting with the Devil, and mortifying our lusts, that God chiefly looks upon.