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A05357 An epithrene: or Voice of vveeping bewailing the want of vveeping. A meditation. Lesly, John. 1631 (1631) STC 15510; ESTC S108512 86,967 339

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that_o man_n may_v know_v how_o much_o he_o need_v to_o weep_v for_o sinne._n thus_o jesus_n weep_v of_o the_o practice_n of_o weep_v in_o christian_n §._o 17._o have_v dispatch_v the_o pattern_n of_o weep_v in_o christ_n we_o come_v next_o to_o consider_v the_o practice_n of_o weep_v in_o christian_n weep_v est_fw-fr triste_fw-fr ministerin_n be_v a_o sad_a doctrine_n and_o unsavoury_a to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o therefore_o most_o man_n distaste_n it_o as_o the_o israelite_n do_v the_o bitter_a water_n of_o marah_n many_o account_v it_o a_o heavy_a and_o troublesome_a matter_n as_o if_o they_o get_v no_o good_a no_o benefit_n by_o mourn_v and_o mortification_n but_o deprive_v themselves_o of_o worldly_a pleasure_n yea_o it_o be_v esteem_v by_o most_o protestant_n as_o purgatory_n be_v by_o papist_n who_o make_v it_o equal_a with_o hell_n itself_o in_o violence_n though_o not_o in_o perpetuity_n of_o torment_n for_o 7.16_o aug._n confess_v 7.16_o palato_fw-la non_fw-la sano_fw-la poena_fw-la est_fw-la panis_fw-la &_o oculis_fw-la aegris_fw-la odiosa_fw-la lux_fw-la quae_fw-la puris_fw-la amabilis_fw-la the_o same_o bread_n be_v distasteful_a to_o the_o sick_a that_o be_v sweet_a to_o the_o sound_a palate_n and_o the_o same_o light_n be_v offensive_a to_o the_o sore_n that_o be_v comfortable_a to_o the_o clear_a eye_n yet_o as_o there_o be_v no_o passage_n into_o paradise_n but_o under_o a_o fiery_a sword_n so_o if_o ever_o we_o look_v to_o enter_v into_o that_o heavenly_a paradise_n that_o place_n of_o everlasting_a bliss_n where_o all_o tear_n shall_v be_v wipe_v from_o our_o eye_n we_o must_v pass_v through_o the_o purgatory_n of_o weep_v under_o the_o sword_n that_o cut_v away_o the_o branch_n of_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n 7.4_o cant._n 7.4_o and_o must_v have_v our_o eye_n like_o the_o fishpool_n in_o heshbon_n stand_v full_a of_o water_n and_o weep_v voluptatem_fw-la vicisse_fw-la pudie_n cyprian_a de_fw-fr bone_fw-la pudie_n maxima_fw-la est_fw-la voluptas_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la maior_fw-la est_fw-la victoria_fw-la quam_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la cupiditatibus_fw-la refertur_fw-la our_o great_a pleasure_n be_v to_o abandon_v pleasure_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o great_a victory_n then_o that_o by_o which_o we_o triumph_v over_o our_o own_o lust_n in_o weep_v but_o weep_v as_o all_o other_o service_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v pervert_v in_o a_o false_a imitation_n for_o as_o the_o grand_a imposture_n of_o the_o world_n have_v sacrifice_n wash_n tithe_n priest_n altar_n oracle_n among_o the_o heathen_a counterfeit_v and_o imitate_v the_o like_a to_o these_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n think_v by_o this_o mean_n either_o to_o disgrace_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n by_o superstition_n or_o to_o beset_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n with_o ignorance_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o distinguish_v between_o truth_n and_o error_n so_o by_o the_o same_o satan_n cunning_a always_o skilful_a to_o transform_v himself_o into_o a_o angel_n of_o light_n weep_n have_v it_o