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A34447 Misthoskopia, A prospect of heavenly glory for the comfort of Sion's mourners by Joseph Cooper ... Cooper, Joseph, 1635-1699. 1700 (1700) Wing C6058; ESTC R23381 387,192 690

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605._o thus_o your_o creature-enjoyment_n th●t_v make_v you_o large_a promise_n of_o happiness_n they_o may_v soon_o expose_v you_o to_o inevitable_a misery_n than_o the_o want_n of_o they_o can_v do_v 104._o do_v vin●_n hannibalem_fw-la solverunt_fw-la armis_fw-la vicit_fw-la vitiis_fw-la victus_fw-la est_fw-la sen._n epist_n 3._o pag._n 104._o hannibal_n army_n have_v overcome_v the_o troublesome_a alps_n be_v afterward_o spoil_v by_o the_o italian_a dainty_n thus_o christian_n there_o be_v nothing_o that_o will_v more_o easy_o betray_v you_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o heartrending_a disappointment_n and_o unpreventable_a misery_n than_o a_o heart_n inordinate_o set_v upon_o the_o world_n dainty_n mimus_fw-la dainty_n fortuna_fw-la quem_fw-la nimium_fw-la fovet_fw-la stultum_fw-la facit_fw-la mimus_fw-la the_o world_n never_o cocker_n any_o who_o she_o make_v not_o a_o fool._n chrysolog_fw-la fool._n convivis_fw-la suis_fw-la prosperitas_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la propinat_fw-la 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and_o die_v for_o our_o sin_n and_o shall_v we_o still_o live_v in_o they_o with_o delight_n as_o in_o our_o proper_a element_n be_v it_o a_o light_a matter_n that_o make_v christ_n sweat_v drop_n of_o clod_v blood_n and_o for_o which_o the_o lord_n of_o glory_n must_v die_v the_o death_n oh_o why_o shall_v we_o still_o have_v pleasure_n in_o sin_n which_o mingle_v so_o bitter_a a_o cup_n for_o our_o bless_a redeemer_n when_o thus_o we_o abuse_v christ_n we_o make_v he_o our_o enemy_n so_o that_o wherever_o his_o grace_n be_v despise_v his_o wrath_n will_v take_v place_n 5._o place_n rom._n 2.4_o 5._o whosoever_o do_v indulge_v themselves_o in_o their_o carnal_a pleasure_n under_o a_o pretence_n of_o christ_n patronage_n shall_v most_o dreadful_o smart_v for_o their_o blasphemy_n under_o the_o severe_a stroke_n of_o his_o eternal_a displeasure_n you_o must_v not_o always_o think_v to_o wantonnize_v it_o still_o live_v upon_o the_o abuse_n of_o gospel_n grace_n but_o if_o still_o you_o 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nomine_fw-la hominis_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la unum_fw-la diem_fw-la totum_fw-la velit_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o voluptatibus_fw-la cicero_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la finib_fw-la tully_n though_o a_o heathen_a yet_o think_v he_o unworthy_a the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n who_o shall_v spend_v one_o day_n in_o carnal_a pleasure_n and_o marcus_n aurelius_n he_o be_v wont_a to_o protest_v that_o though_o the_o god_n will_v pardon_v he_o and_o man_n will_v not_o hate_v he_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o allow_v himself_o in_o any_o sensual_a contentment_n for_o the_o vileness_n of_o they_o when_o man_n live_v by_o their_o brutish_a appetite_n and_o not_o by_o reason_n they_o do_v but_o carry_v a_o beast_n heart_n under_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o man._n in-xenophon_n man._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrates_n in-xenophon_n all_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o beast_n and_o a_o voluptuous_a man_n stand_v main_o in_o the_o bodily_a shape_n for_o wherein_o else_o do_v he_o differ_v from_o bruit_n creature_n who_o make_v light_n of_o the_o best_a thing_n devote_v himself_o whole_o to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n the_o nature_n of_o these_o pleasure_n be_v such_o that_o they_o do_v emasculate_a and_o dispirit_v the_o soul_n take_v away_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n and_o so_o leave_v a_o man_n whole_o to_o the_o impetuous_a violent_a impulse_n of_o a_o uncurbed_a brutish_a appetite_n good_a man_n indeed_o have_v their_o pleasure_n as_o well_o as_o the_o most_o sensual_a epicure_n but_o such_o pleasure_n only_o as_o be_v fit_a for_o a_o rational_a soul_n to_o feed_v upon_o such_o as_o be_v pure_a spiritual_a and_o of_o a_o heavenly_a extraction_n alex._n extraction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o wicked_a man_n which_o do_v all_o of_o they_o spring_n from_o some_o carnal_a and_o brutish_a fruition_n be_v altogether_o unbeseeming_a a_o christian_n in_o who_o heart_n the_o most_o refine_a pleasure_n of_o heaven_n and_o glory_n do_v even_o in_o the_o life_n by_o a_o sweet_a anticipation_n concentricate_a themselves_o nor_o be_v the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o swinish_a sensualist_n roll_v himself_o in_o the_o dirt_n and_o filthiness_n of_o carnal_a contentment_n any_o more_o to_o compare_v with_o the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o child_n of_o god_n delight_v himself_o in_o the_o sweet_a contemplation_n of_o heaven_n and_o glory_n than_o the_o course_v bread_n with_o our_o fine_a manchet_n or_o that_o fulsome_a water_n which_o by_o a_o nasty_a kind_n of_o percolation_n soar_v out_o of_o a_o filthy_a dunghill_n with_o those_o more_o pure_a clarify_a stream_n which_o flow_v from_o a_o live_a fountain_n why_o then_o will_v you_o be_v like_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v still_o melt_v away_o in_o pleasure_n wanton_a lap_n can_v you_o count_v it_o your_o honour_n to_o be_v degrade_v from_o your_o own_o essence_n or_o your_o happiness_n to_o go_v a_o graze_a with_o nabuchadnezzar_n among_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n have_v you_o nothing_o to_o glory_n in_o but_o your_o own_o shame_n nor_o any_o thing_n to_o make_v you_o merry_a but_o what_o will_v make_v you_o cease_v to_o be_v man_n the_o very_a heathen_a by_o the_o dim_a light_n of_o nature_n see_v so_o much_o turpitude_n in_o a_o life_n of_o carnal_a pleasure_n that_o they_o account_v it_o the_o life_n of_o a_o beast_n esteem_v it_o as_o the_o quintessence_n of_o true_a pleasure_n to_o contemn_v all_o carnal_a pleasure_n and_o live_v above_o they_o and_o will_v you_o then_o that_o live_v in_o a_o goshen_n of_o gospel-light_n come_v short_a of_o heathen_n take_v pleasure_n in_o the_o unfruitful_a work_n of_o darkness_n 489._o darkness_n praeclarè_v m._n tullius_n si_fw-mi nemo_fw-la est_fw-la inquit_fw-la quin_fw-la emori_fw-la malit_fw-la quam_fw-la converti_fw-la in_o aliquam_fw-la figuram_fw-la bestiae_fw-la quamvis_fw-la hominis_fw-la mentem_fw-la sit_fw-la habiturus_fw-la quanto_fw-la est_fw-la miserius_fw-la in_o hominis_fw-la figurâ_fw-la animo_fw-la esse_fw-la afferato_fw-mi lact._n institut_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 11._o pag._n
bag_n and_o coffer_n be_v store_v with_o gold_n because_o the_o world_n dandle_v you_o upon_o her_o lap_n it_o be_v no_o sure_a sign_n that_o you_o shall_v rest_v for_o ever_o in_o abraham_n bosom_n you_o may_v not_o think_v to_o be_v heir_n of_o heaven_n because_o you_o be_v the_o possessor_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o not_o get_v a_o interest_n in_o the_o recompense_n of_o the_o reward_n now_o you_o be_v sure_a to_o go_v without_o it_o to_o all_o eternity_n the_o good_a thing_n of_o this_o present_a world_n you_o may_v love_v but_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o heaven_n and_o glory_n you_o shall_v never_o have_v you_o may_v have_v a_o large_a portion_n of_o earthly_a enjoyment_n but_o shall_v never_o enjoy_v the_o inheritance_n of_o saint_n in_o light_n 17.14_o light_n psal_n 17.14_o it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n for_o god_n to_o fill_v their_o belly_n with_o his_o hide_a treasure_n with_o the_o choice_a of_o all_o earthly_a comfort_n who_o never_o take_v any_o care_n to_o lay_v up_o for_o 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