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 It is so common for men to change from good to bad, or from bad to worse, with the change of their Conditions from bad to good, or from good to better, and when they are lifted up in Honour, to be elevated in Mind too, that Titus Vespasian is the one Emperour (at least within my present memory) who was moulded by his Empire from bad to better; from having been both a proud and a cruel Subject, to his being both a mild and an humble Soveraign. Of most other Emperours it may be said, (as 'twas by Tacitus but of one, ) Imperio digni, nisi imperâssent. It is so Common for men to change from good to bad, or from bad to Worse, with the change of their Conditions from bad to good, or from good to better, and when they Are lifted up in Honour, to be elevated in Mind too, that Titus Vespasian is the one Emperor (At least within my present memory) who was moulded by his Empire from bad to better; from having been both a proud and a cruel Subject, to his being both a mild and an humble Sovereign. Of most other emperors it may be said, (as 'twas by Tacitus but of one,) Imperial Worthy, nisi imperâssent. pn31 vbz av j p-acp n2 pc-acp vvi p-acp j p-acp j, cc p-acp j p-acp av-jc, p-acp dt n1 pp-f po32 n2 p-acp j p-acp j, cc p-acp j p-acp jc, cc c-crq pns32 vbr vvn a-acp p-acp n1, pc-acp vbi vvn p-acp n1 av, cst np1 np1 vbz dt crd n1 (p-acp ds p-acp po11 j n1) r-crq vbds vvn p-acp po31 n1 p-acp j pc-acp vvi; p-acp vhg vbn d dt j cc dt j j-jn, p-acp po31 n1 d dt j cc dt j n-jn. pp-f av-ds j-jn n2 pn31 vmb vbi vvn, (c-acp pn31|vbds p-acp np1 p-acp pp-f crd,) np1 fw-la, fw-la fw-la.




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