Phármaka ouranóthen, the shadow of the tree of life: Or A discourse of the divine institution and most effectual application of medicinal remedies. In order to the preservation, and restauration of health. / By J.M.

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Phármaka ouranóthen, the shadow of the tree of life: Or A discourse of the divine institution and most effectual application of medicinal remedies. In order to the preservation, and restauration of health. / By J.M.
Author
Marlow, John, 1648-1695.
Publication
London :: Printed for John Wilkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Exchange-Alley, by the Exchange-Coffee-House,
1673.
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Subject terms
Health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
Healing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine in the Bible -- Early works to 1800.
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"Phármaka ouranóthen, the shadow of the tree of life: Or A discourse of the divine institution and most effectual application of medicinal remedies. In order to the preservation, and restauration of health. / By J.M." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B04461.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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CHAP. LXV.

HOw vain must the World be whose comforts are not va∣luable then whiles we have them not.

What will all the glittering no∣things of the world be worth, when God shall let fall great drops of burning wrath upon that part of our souls which is most tender when he shall with a heavy hand chafe our consciences with fire and brimstone, when the world∣ling that wallows in thick clay shall behold that judge which Gold and Silver cannot bribe, when the voluptuous will relish little pleasure in carnal delights,

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God writing bitter things against him: what a vain thing will mu∣sick be to him that hears nothing but the screeches of his own con∣science? what will cups avail him that must drink only a cup of Fu∣ry? what are titles of honour to a man whose conscience calls him Reprobate?

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