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A15447 Seuen goulden candlestickes houlding the seauen greatest lights of Christian religion shewing vnto all men what they should beleeue, & how they ought to walke in this life, that they may attayne vnto eternall life. By Gr: Williams Doctor of Divinity Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.; Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 90-1627, engraver. 1624 (1624) STC 25719; ESTC S120026 710,322 935

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these_o thing_n shall_v be_v but_o small_a sin_n in_o other_o yet_o in_o we_o they_o be_v horrible_a transgression_n matth._n chrysost_o hom_n 24_o in_o c._n 7._o matth._n quia_fw-la impossibile_fw-it omnino_fw-la nobis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la praesidium_fw-la aliquando_fw-la confugere_fw-la because_o it_o be_v unpossible_a for_o we_o to_o find_v any_o excuse_n for_o ourselves_o and_o therefore_o though_o gentleman_n and_o courtier_n citizen_n and_o worldling_n do_v lead_v their_o life_n in_o lewdness_n and_o turn_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n into_o wantonness_n and_o think_v it_o no_o great_a sin_n but_o either_o the_o infirmity_n of_o their_o youth_n or_o but_o the_o custom_n of_o their_o time_n yet_o in_o we_o that_o be_v the_o preacher_n of_o god_n word_n or_o in_o those_o that_o be_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o people_n the_o least_o sin_n or_o miscarriage_n of_o ourselves_o which_o perhaps_o alijs_fw-la ignoscitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la imputatur_fw-la be_v but_o a_o venial_a sin_n in_o other_o and_o shall_v be_v pardon_v will_v be_v find_v a_o heinous_a sin_n in_o we_o for_o which_o we_o shall_v be_v sure_o punish_v eugen._n bern._n l._n 2._o de_fw-la consid_fw-la ad_fw-la eugen._n for_o so_o saint_n bernard_n say_v inter_fw-la seculares_fw-la nugae_fw-la nugae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la ore_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la sunt_fw-la blasphemiae_fw-la trifle_n be_v but_o trifle_n among_o secular_a man_n but_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o priest_n trifle_n prove_v to_o be_v blasphemy_n and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v that_o the_o mean_a and_o the_o simple_a man_n shall_v obtain_v mercy_n 6.6_o wis_v 6.6_o when_o the_o wise_a and_o the_o mighty_a shall_v be_v mighty_o punish_v chap._n vi_o how_o every_o sin_n and_o the_o least_o sin_n of_o every_o one_o bring_v death_n you_o have_v hear_v the_o diversity_n of_o sinner_n and_o the_o inequality_n of_o sin_n and_o therefore_o i_o may_v now_o proceed_v unto_o the_o second_o part_n which_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o sin_n but_o that_o i_o may_v not_o forget_v to_o observe_v that_o the_o apostle_n say_v indefinite_o the_o reward_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n to_o teach_v we_o these_o three_o special_a lesson_n 1._o that_o every_o one_o sin_n bring_v death_n 2._o that_o the_o sin_n of_o every_o one_o bring_v death_n 3._o that_o the_o least_o sin_n of_o any_o one_o bring_v death_n for_o first_o he_o say_v the_o reward_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n not_o of_o sin_n caesar_n that_o any_o one_o sin_n be_v sufficient_a to_o bring_v death_n unto_o the_o sinner_n 1_o sam._n 17._o 2_o sam._n 20_o 9_o sueton._n in_o vit_fw-mi caesar_n one_o be_v enough_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o for_o as_o one_o leak_n in_o a_o ship_n be_v sufficient_a to_o sink_v it_o and_o one_o vein_n bleed_v be_v enough_o to_o let_v out_o all_o the_o vital_a spirit_n and_o one_o wound_n may_v kill_v goliath_n and_o amasa_n as_o well_o as_o 23_o do_v caesar_n so_o one_o proud_a disdainful_a thought_n may_v cast_v lucifer_n 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4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d senum_fw-la of_o old_a age_n till_o death_n as_o varro_n distribute_v the_o same_o year_n of_o their_o age_n first_o in_o our_o childhood_n we_o be_v all_o alike_o the_o heir_n differ_v nothing_o from_o a_o servant_n though_o he_o be_v lord_n of_o all_o all_o lord_n or_o what_o you_o will_v but_o they_o must_v be_v under_o tutor_n and_o governor_n say_v the_o apostle_n and_o because_o exultat_fw-la levitaete_fw-la pver_fw-la children_z be_v childish_a and_o apish_a rather_o delight_v in_o toy_n then_o embrace_v instruction_n therefore_o they_o be_v keep_v under_o correction_n and_o bring_v unto_o virtue_n by_o good_a discipline_n while_o they_o may_v be_v teach_v for_o as_o it_o be_v proverbial_o say_v flexilis_fw-la est_fw-la iuncus_fw-la salices_fw-la flectuntur_fw-la amarae_fw-la robora_fw-la dura_fw-la minus_fw-la the_o tender_a branch_n may_v be_v easy_o bow_v but_o the_o well-grown_a oak_n 4.3.4_o prover._n 29.18_o and_o c._n 4.3.4_o will_v be_v soon_o break_v then_o straiten_v so_o we_o may_v teach_v a_o child_n a_o trade_n in_o his_o youth_n but_o we_o shall_v hardly_o teach_v a_o old_a horse_n to_o amble_v and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n advise_v all_o man_n to_o correct_v their_o child_n though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o dear_a in_o their_o sight_n because_o this_o be_v as_o necessary_a unto_o the_o child_n as_o their_o food_n and_o as_o comfortable_a unto_o the_o parent_n as_o the_o child_n himself_o in_o as_o much_o as_o to_o have_v a_o good_a child_n be_v better_a than_o to_o have_v a_o child_n and_o yet_o this_o instruction_n and_o especial_o the_o correction_n be_v such_o a_o intolerable_a burden_n so_o heavy_a for_o they_o to_o bear_v child_n what_o a_o burden_n correction_n be_v unto_o child_n as_o that_o they_o think_v no_o creature_n more_o miserable_a than_o themselves_o when_o they_o see_v all_o other_o free_a and_o themselves_o only_o as_o they_o think_v bind_v under_o the_o rod_n 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