[ XLII] The grouth of Sin to be prevented.
IT is said of the Pismires,* 1.1 that to prevent the growing (and so the corrupting) of that corn which they hoord up for their winter-store, they bite off both the ends
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IT is said of the Pismires,* 1.1 that to prevent the growing (and so the corrupting) of that corn which they hoord up for their winter-store, they bite off both the ends
thereof, wherein the generating power of the grain doth consist.* 1.2 Thus, when we have committed any sin, we must pray to God so to order it, that the procreation thereof may be destroyed, and that by a true and unfeigned sorrow, we may con∣demn it to a blessed barrennesse, that there be no more of the breed.
Th. Mouffe••'s Insector.
Tho. Fuller's Holy State.