This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1647 Excerpt: ...of the pu/.ifhment as of the liai/te. When we grieve more because our fin hath made us unholy, then because it hath tmde us unhappy; and not only because we arerunne into the danger of the Law, but because we are run out of the way j ofthe Law. When it teacheth usto cry, not only with Ph.iraobjakc away this P/ague-, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1647 Excerpt: ...of the pu/.ifhment as of the liai/te. When we grieve more because our fin hath made us unholy, then because it hath tmde us unhappy; and not only because we arerunne into the danger of the Law, but because we are run out of the way j ofthe Law. When it teacheth usto cry, not only with Ph.iraobjakc away this P/ague-, bvit with Israel in the Prophet, take away Iniquity, Concerning Grief oiPreoccupatie-, arising out of a suspitious Pear and expect it ion of Evill, I know not what worth it can have in it, wnlesse haply thtjs, that by fore-accustoming the Minde jJg, ' to Evill, it is the better strengthened to stand un- jga. sm. dep it: for Evils by premeditation, are either pre-ef/ft-?7'sCt vented or mitigated, the Mind gathering strength' and wisedome together to meet it. And therefore it is prudent advise of Plutarch, that we should piut.aefnotq. have a prepared Mind, which when any Evil falleth out, might not be surprised by it. To say as Anaxagertt did when he heard of the death of his Son, Scie megenuijje mart item, I know that I begat a mortall Sonne. I know that my riches had wings, and that my comforts were mutable. Preparednesie composeth the Minde to patience. Vtyjjes wept when he saw his Dogge, wbich he did not when he saw his Wife: he came prepared for the one, but was surprised by the other. G g l Hunt j / the Law in the mlc/tr efletuihcre rhe people were in wantand under discipline: to note that Ones is s good instrument unto!earmng;for after in tkit prosperity th&y would not hear. And as it is a means toso it is a means to w- too: for therefore paine is usually made the matter of punishment, that as Men offend by sinsull pleasure, so they may be amended bywhol some sorrow.A' f '1p-- A' w wmw; Cur
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