Wise.
THe rebukes of the Wise, are more profita∣ble to be hearkened vnto,* 1.1 then the pleasant
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.
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- 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 2, 2024.
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songes and melody of fooles. The continuall vn∣kindnesse and vnthankfulnesse of nations, for the manifold benefites which God bestoweth vpon them, causeth God against the day of deserued destruction, to make their wise men fooles, and to cause their wisedome to perishe from them. When we wonder that so many wise and learned men doe not know nor embrace the euident and cleare truth of the gospell,* 1.2 then are we to call to mind, that it is not the wisdome of the world, but of God, and that therefore no man can know it.* 1.3 But he to whom God by his spirite doth re∣ueale it. But as for all the thoughtes and con∣ceits of the wise of this worlde, God knoweth that they are but vaine.
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* 1.1
Eccles. 7.7
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* 1.2
1. Cor 2.6.7 8.9.10.
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* 1.3
••. Cor. 3.20