An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.
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An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.
Author
Wither, George, 1540-1605.
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London :: Printed by Robert VValdegraue for Thomas Man and William Brome,
1585.
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Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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"An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15621.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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Measure.
FAlse and vniust measures are an abhominati∣on to the Lord,* 1.1 he cannot abide them: but by his iust iudgement hee recompenseth them into their bosome by one meanes or other.* 1.2 For what soeuer measure we meate, the same we must look for to be met to vs againe. Therefore thou shalt not haue in thy house diuers measures, a greate and a small, but thou shalt haue a right and a iust waighte,* 1.3 a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue that, thy Dayes may bee lengthned in the Lande, which the Lorde thy God giueth
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thee. For all that do such thinges, and all that do vnrighteously are an abhomination vnto the Lord.