Christian chymistrie extracting the honey of instruction from variety of objects. Being an handfull of observations historicall, occasionall, and out of scripture. With applications theologicall and morall. By Caleb Trenchfield, sometime minister of the church at Chipsted in Surrey.

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Title: Christian chymistrie extracting the honey of instruction from variety of objects. Being an handfull of observations historicall, occasionall, and out of scripture. With applications theologicall and morall. By Caleb Trenchfield, sometime minister of the church at Chipsted in Surrey.
Author: Trenchfield, Caleb, 1624 or 5-1671.
Publication: London :: printed by M.S. for H. Crips, at his shop in Popes-head Alley next Lombard Street,; 1662.
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Subject terms: Bible -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.; History -- Early works to 1800.; Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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When the Duke De Birois was beheaded, he demeaned himselfe more like a Lion in a toile, then a Lambe on the block, and was by the executioner rather trapan'd to death, then fairly submitting to that present necessity; So that while we admire the courage of his life, we abhor his unchristianlike death: Whereas our Earle of Essex, though rather beyond him in high magnanimity, yet manifested abun∣dance of Christian meeknesse on the Scaffold. Certainly 'tis an unsound maxime of our Du∣ellists, that a man cannot be valiant and religious; or, that Josephs answer to his mistriss, How shall I do this, and sin against God? would not do well in a challenge. But surely Lord, we are then most couragious, when we are least bold to sin, and most obedient to thy word and Providence.