Early English Printed Sermons


The law and equity of the gospel, or, The goodness of our Lord as a legislator delivered first from the pulpit in two plain sermons, and now repeated from the press with others tending to the same end ... by Thomas Pierce ...

Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691
Publisher: Printed by S Roycroft for Robert Clavell
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1686
Approximate Era: JamesII
TCP ID: A54843 ESTC ID: R38205 STC ID: P2185
Subject Headings: Christian life; Providence and government of God;
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In-Text Besides that Those are the most constant, as well as the fondest, and the most passionate. And 'tis a rational Conjecture, that there is more sleep broken for love of Riches, in a year, than there is in many Ages, for love of Beauty. We may judge by one Sigismund how it fares with all worldlings. When the worldly man should sleep, he will be thinking upon his Treasure; But when he should pray, he will fall asleep. And which is likeliest to be his Deity? That God of Heaven, on whom he cannot think for sleeping, or That white and red Earth, for his thinking upon which he can seldom sleep? We see how Avarice is Idolatry, and so a spiritual Fornication, and so an absolute Divorce of our Souls from God. Beside that Those Are the most constant, as well as the fondest, and the most passionate. And it's a rational Conjecture, that there is more sleep broken for love of Riches, in a year, than there is in many Ages, for love of Beauty. We may judge by one Sigismund how it fares with all worldlings. When the worldly man should sleep, he will be thinking upon his Treasure; But when he should pray, he will fallen asleep. And which is likeliest to be his Deity? That God of Heaven, on whom he cannot think for sleeping, or That white and read Earth, for his thinking upon which he can seldom sleep? We see how Avarice is Idolatry, and so a spiritual Fornication, and so an absolute Divorce of our Souls from God. p-acp d d vbr dt av-ds j, c-acp av c-acp dt js, cc dt av-ds j. cc pn31|vbz dt j n1, cst pc-acp vbz dc n1 vvn p-acp vvb pp-f n2, p-acp dt n1, cs pc-acp vbz p-acp d n2, p-acp vvb pp-f n1. pns12 vmb vvi p-acp crd np1 c-crq pn31 vvz p-acp d n2. c-crq dt j n1 vmd vvi, pns31 vmb vbi vvg p-acp po31 n1; cc-acp c-crq pns31 vmd vvi, pns31 vmb vvi j. cc r-crq vbz js pc-acp vbi po31 n1? cst np1 pp-f n1, p-acp ro-crq pns31 vmbx vvb p-acp vvg, cc d j-jn cc j-jn n1, p-acp po31 vvg p-acp r-crq pns31 vmb av vvi? pns12 vvb c-crq n1 vbz n1, cc av dt j n1, cc av dt j vvb pp-f po12 n2 p-acp np1.




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Adjacent References with Relevance: Job 14.12 (Douay-Rheims); Job 27.19 (Douay-Rheims)
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Job 27.19 (Douay-Rheims) job 27.19: the rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing. when the worldly man should sleep, he will be thinking upon his treasure True 0.656 0.605 0.689
Job 14.12 (Douay-Rheims) job 14.12: so man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep. but when he should pray, he will fall asleep True 0.613 0.533 0.553




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