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 § 9. If all Secular Greatness is less conducible to a man's Happiness, or his Contentment here on Earth, and carries with it more Impediments in the Narrow way to Heaven, (which our Lord and his Apostles affirm expresly,) than That other State of life which is low, and little; It cannot but follow on the contrary, (for Contrariorum contraria est ratio, ) that the inferiour State of life is much the Best, and the most Retired the most desirable Condition. § 9. If all Secular Greatness is less conducible to a Man's Happiness, or his Contentment Here on Earth, and carries with it more Impediments in the Narrow Way to Heaven, (which our Lord and his Apostles affirm expressly,) than That other State of life which is low, and little; It cannot but follow on the contrary, (for Contrary contraria est ratio,) that the inferior State of life is much the Best, and the most Retired the most desirable Condition. § crd cs d j n1 vbz av-dc j p-acp dt ng1 n1, cc po31 n1 av p-acp n1, cc vvz p-acp pn31 av-dc n2 p-acp dt j n1 p-acp n1, (r-crq po12 n1 cc po31 n2 vvb av-j,) cs d j-jn n1 pp-f n1 r-crq vbz j, cc j; pn31 vmbx cc-acp vvi p-acp dt n-jn, (c-acp np1 fw-la fw-la fw-la,) cst dt j-jn n1 pp-f n1 vbz d dt av-js, cc dt av-ds vvn dt ds j n1.




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