A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in Essex / by Arthur Dent ...
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- A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in Essex / by Arthur Dent ...
- Author
- Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.
- Publication
- Imprinted at London :: For John Harison, and are to be solde at the white Greihound in Paules Church-yard,
- 1582.
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- Bible. -- N.T. -- Luke XIII, 5 -- Sermons.
- Repentance -- Sermons.
- Sermons, English -- 16th century.
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"A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in Essex / by Arthur Dent ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20229.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2025.
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To the Reader.
ALthough I was moste vn∣willing that this poore Ta∣lent and trauaile of myne, should euer haue bene bro∣ched abroade, and come to light: both because it maye seeme as a Candle lighted at no one day: as also because many other mennes doinges might more worthely a great deale haue ben published, and committed vnto letters: Yet because diuers which heard it preached with a liuely voice, were very instant, yea, and more then importunate with mee to haue it published, vsing suche reasons as I coulde not well gainesay, I did at the last yeelde to their request, and so this vntime∣ly fruite is come abroade, to be solde in o∣pen markettes. Let no man be offended that I haue not strained my selfe to flye an high pitch, to fome out the froth of mans wisdome, and to make a great shew of lear∣ning, by blowing the bladder of vanity, till it burst with swelling. For that is not my vse. I seeke especiall the saluation of the
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simple and ignorant, and therefore stoupe downe to their reach and capacitie. There∣fore I beseeche thee gentle Reader, accepte my good meaning: Reade this with∣out preiudice, like it as thou profitest, so shalte thou haue praise of God, & comforte in thy conscience.
A. D.