Kaina kai palaia Things new and old, or, A store-house of similies, sentences, allegories, apophthegms, adagies, apologues, divine, morall, politicall, &c. : with their severall applications / collected and observed from the writings and sayings of the learned in all ages to this present by John Spencer ...

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Title: Kaina kai palaia Things new and old, or, A store-house of similies, sentences, allegories, apophthegms, adagies, apologues, divine, morall, politicall, &c. : with their severall applications / collected and observed from the writings and sayings of the learned in all ages to this present by John Spencer ...
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Ignorance of Gods minde, will not excuse at the last. [ 780]

THe people of Siena having wilfully rebelled against Charles the fifth,* 1.1 their Emperour, sent their Ambassador to excuse it; who when he could find no other excuse,* 1.2 thought in a jest to put it off thus: What, saith he, shall not we of Sie∣na be excused, seeing we are known to be fools? To whom the Emperour's Agent re∣plyed, Even that shall excuse you, but upon the condition, which is fit for fooles; that is, to be kept and bound in chains.* 1.3 Thus shall it be with those, that sit under plentifull means of grace, rich Gospell-dispensations, so that it is but opening the casements of their hearts, and the light of Gods countenance will fully shine upon them; yet re∣main unfruitfull, barren, empty-saplesse, livelesse christians, and think, that ignorance shall at the last excuse them.

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* 1.1

Paul Jovii. hist. lib. 34.

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* 1.2

〈…〉〈…〉.

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* 1.3

Ehe•• quàm ••i∣seros tramite devio Abducit ignorantia. Boethius 3. 8.

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