The oyle of gladnesse. Or, Comfort for dejected sinners. First preached in the parish church of Banbury in certaine sermons, and now published in this present treatise. By William Whately minister there.

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Title
The oyle of gladnesse. Or, Comfort for dejected sinners. First preached in the parish church of Banbury in certaine sermons, and now published in this present treatise. By William Whately minister there.
Author
Whately, William, 1583-1639.
Publication
London :: Printed by G. M[iller] for George Edwards, and are to be sold at his house in Greene-Arbour, at the signe of the Angell,
1637.
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Consolation -- Early works to 1800.
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"The oyle of gladnesse. Or, Comfort for dejected sinners. First preached in the parish church of Banbury in certaine sermons, and now published in this present treatise. By William Whately minister there." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15010.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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§ 3.

Now that you may be able to comfort your selves against sinnes, and the feare of Gods wrath and damnation for them, (for you see that the Text calleth us to mini∣ster that comfort, you

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must take notice of foure things needfull to fur∣ther men in comforting themselves when they be made fit for comfort. First, one notable impe∣diment to comfort whereof you must take heede. Secondly, the true ground of comfort. Thirdly, the degrees by which comfort groweth. Lastly, the meanes of comforting your selves.

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