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A03279
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The dignitie of preaching in a sermon vpon 1. Thessal. 5.20. By Sam. Hieron.
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Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.
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STC 13396; ESTC S120671
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forty_o year_n 29.5_o year_n deut._n 29.5_o he_o can_v cause_v the_o earth_n to_o yield_v corn_n without_o sow_v 37.30_o sow_v isai_n 37.30_o he_o can_v make_v one_o pitcher_n of_o oil_n to_o pay_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o debt_n 4.2_o debt_n 2._o king_n 4.2_o but_o what_o of_o this_o no_o warrant_v hence_o for_o i_o to_o say_v husbandry_n be_v not_o the_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o have_v corn_n sow_v &_o mend_v the_o ordinary_a mean_n to_o preserve_v apparel_n providence_n and_o industry_n and_o endeavour_n to_o get_v money_n the_o ordinary_a mean_n to_o pay_v debt_n because_o the_o israelite_n be_v feed_v with_o mannah_n may_v i_o lie_v under_o a_o hedge_n in_o the_o sun_n look_v till_o mannah_n drop_n into_o my_o mouth_n or_o because_o corn_n once_o grow_v without_o sow_v go_v fell_a away_o my_o plough_n and_o like_o salomon_n sluggard_n 26.15_o sluggard_n prou._n 26.15_o sheathe_v up_o my_o hand_n into_o my_o bosom_n and_o renounce_v husbandry_n or_o because_o of_o that_o of_o the_o 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augustine_n be_v convert_v whereupon_o they_o will_v conclude_v a_o possibility_n of_o turn_v a_o man_n from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n without_o preach_v answer_n hereupon_o i_o answer_v that_o who_o so_o shall_v say_v that_o augustine_n be_v not_o convert_v until_o he_o hear_v that_o voice_n shall_v deliver_v a_o untruth_n for_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o augustine_n have_v before_o that_o time_n be_v in_o spiritual_a affliction_n great_o exercise_v with_o a_o combat_n betwixt_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o spirit_n as_o appear_v plain_o in_o the_o chapter_n go_v next_o before_o this_o whereas_o he_o report_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o voice_n and_o when_o this_o voice_n come_v he_o be_v on_o his_o face_n weep_v and_o at_o prayer_n earnest_o confess_v his_o sin_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o they_o this_o voice_n be_v rather_o to_o be_v repute_v a_o confirmation_n and_o perfit_v of_o his_o conversion_n than_o the_o proper_a instrument_n of_o work_v it_o if_o we_o will_v know_v whereby_o in_o deed_n he_o be_v convert_v let_v himself_o be_v hear_v who_o report_n this_o be_v 13.14_o confess_v lib._n 5._o cap._n 13.14_o that_o be_v a_o rhetorician_n he_o come_v to_o the_o city_n wherein_o ambrose_n be_v bishop_n desire_v there_o to_o profess_v rhetoric_n while_o he_o be_v there_o he_o will_v needs_o go_v hear_v ambrose_n preach_v very_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la doctorem_fw-la very_fw-la not_o as_o a_o teacher_n of_o the_o truth_n so_o be_v his_o own_o word_n for_o he_o think_v there_o be_v no_o such_o to_o be_v find_v among_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n but_o because_o he_o have_v unto_o he_o show_v kindness_n now_o mark_v what_o he_o speak_v direct_v his_o speech_n to_o god_n nescius_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la ducebar_fw-la nescius_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la sciens_fw-la ducerer_n omni_fw-la die_v dominico_n sensim_fw-la &_o nescius_fw-la to_o he_o i_o be_v by_o thou_o lead_v 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preach_v honourable_a in_o the_o heart_n of_o god_n people_n but_o their_o understanding_n it_o so_o as_o that_o they_o may_v feel_v the_o sweetness_n of_o it_o and_o receive_v comfort_n by_o it_o that_o therefore_o which_o hinder_v understanding_n must_v needs_o expose_v this_o course_n to_o a_o kind_n of_o disgrace_n what_o contentment_n shall_v a_o man_n take_v in_o it_o when_o he_o conceive_v but_o little_a what_o it_o mean_v it_o come_v in_o our_o ordinary_a congregation_n to_o as_o little_a purpose_n such_o a_o kind_n of_o teach_v as_o that_o which_o be_v say_v in_o the_o proverb_n 〈◊〉_d hic_fw-la mulget_fw-la hircum_fw-la ille_fw-la supponit_fw-la cribrum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o one_o do_v milk_n a_o goat_n another_o hold_v under_o a_o sieve_n it_o may_v be_v the_o matter_n be_v good_a and_o excellent_a but_o the_o hearer_n hold_v no_o more_o than_o a_o sieve_n because_o nothing_o to_o any_o great_a purpose_n be_v understand_v it_o be_v the_o pithy_a 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effect_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v not_o in_o word_n but_o in_o power_n 4.20_o power_n 1._o cor._n 4.20_o i_o have_v hear_v of_o a_o thing_n that_o fall_v out_o once_o at_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a where_o a_o christian_a of_o no_o great_a learning_n in_o esteem_n 3._o ruffin_n hist_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o convert_v a_o learned_a man_n who_o all_o the_o learned_a bishop_n with_o all_o their_o skill_n and_o eloquence_n can_v not_o persuade_v the_o party_n win_v break_v out_o into_o these_o word_n oh_o you_o learned_a man_n as_o long_o as_o the_o matter_n go_v by_o word_n against_o word_n i_o oppose_v word_n and_o that_o which_o be_v speak_v i_o overthrow_v by_o the_o art_n of_o speak_v but_o when_o in_o stead_n of_o word_n power_n come_v out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o speaker_n deo_fw-la non_fw-la poterunt_fw-la verba_fw-la resistere_fw-la veritati_fw-la or_o virtuti_fw-la nec_fw-la homo_fw-la adversari_fw-la potuit_fw-la deo_fw-la word_n can_v not_o withstand_v truth_n nor_o man_n stand_v out_o against_o god_n thus_o that_o plain_a kind_n of_o teach_v in_o which_o the_o evidence_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v to_o be_v see_v work_v that_o which_o the_o more_o curious_a and_o refine_a eloquence_n can_v not_o do_v a_o second_o way_n by_o which_o in_o handle_v the_o word_n preach_v may_v be_v make_v contemptible_a be_v in_o another_o extreme_a namely_o when_o the_o manner_n of_o deal_n with_o the_o word_n be_v over_o sleight_n too_o loose_a and_o superficial_a a_o man_n vent_v raw_a sudden_a undigested_a meditation_n such_o as_o have_v no_o manner_n of_o coherence_n either_o with_o the_o text_n or_o with_o themselves_o the_o text_n be_v rather_o tear_v then_o divide_v rather_o toss_v then_o handle_v rather_o name_v because_o it_o be_v the_o fashion_n to_o have_v a_o text_n then_o follow_v so_o as_o that_o the_o