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Page 8
We shall therefore speake , a few words , concerning the Unity of the Church ;
What are the Fruits thereof ; what the Bounds ; And what the Meanes ? The Fruits
of Unity ( next unto the well Pleasing of God , which is All in All ) are two ; The
One ...
We shall therefore speake , a few words , concerning the Unity of the Church ;
What are the Fruits thereof ; what the Bounds ; And what the Meanes ? The Fruits
of Unity ( next unto the well Pleasing of God , which is All in All ) are two ; The
One ...
Page 9
The Doctor of the Gentiles ( the Propriety of whose Vocation , drew him to have a
speciall care of those without ) saith ; If an Heathen come in , and heare you
speake with severall Tongues , Will he not say that you are mad ? And certainly ,
it is ...
The Doctor of the Gentiles ( the Propriety of whose Vocation , drew him to have a
speciall care of those without ) saith ; If an Heathen come in , and heare you
speake with severall Tongues , Will he not say that you are mad ? And certainly ,
it is ...
Page 17
But to speake in a Meane . The Vertue of Prosperitie , is Temperance ; The
Vertue of Adversity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue .
Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the
New ...
But to speake in a Meane . The Vertue of Prosperitie , is Temperance ; The
Vertue of Adversity , is Fortitude : which in Morals is the more Heroicall Vertue .
Prosperity is the Blessing of the Old Testament ; Adversity is the Blessing of the
New ...
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And in this part , it is good , that a Mans Face , give his Tongue , leave to Speake .
For the Discovery , of a Mans Selfe , by the Tracts of his Countenance , is a great
Weaknesse , and Betraying ; By how much , it is many times , more marked and ...
And in this part , it is good , that a Mans Face , give his Tongue , leave to Speake .
For the Discovery , of a Mans Selfe , by the Tracts of his Countenance , is a great
Weaknesse , and Betraying ; By how much , it is many times , more marked and ...
Page 34
Now to speake of Publique Envy . There is yet some good in Publique Envy ;
whereas in Private , there is none . For Publique Envy is as an Ostracisme , that
eclipseth Men , when they grow too great . And therefore it is a Bridle also to
Great ...
Now to speake of Publique Envy . There is yet some good in Publique Envy ;
whereas in Private , there is none . For Publique Envy is as an Ostracisme , that
eclipseth Men , when they grow too great . And therefore it is a Bridle also to
Great ...
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