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saith * ' that our ^ hole l $ e Bke * cop * web . For as the splde * h occupied all hia lifc-twe in wewittg of c ^ rp-wdtes , and draweth wt of fcis owne N > vvel& those thre < ls , wherewith he kniUetlx his * ets to catch files ; and oftentimes i I crtwafcmeth to nasse , that wbea the : spicier sqspecteith
no ill * a seruant that goes about to make cleane the house , sweepeth downe both the copweb amd the spide ^ aud throweth them , together rato the fire * Euen so , the greatest part of men consume their whole time , speud all their wit and strength , and labour most painefully to haue their nets in a readines , with the
which they may catch the flies of honaurs and of riches . And when they glorie in the mnltitude of flies which they haae taken , and promise unto thettiselves rest in time to come , behold , death
( God ' s handmaid ) is present with the broome of diners sicknesses and griefes , and sweepeth these men away to hellfire , they being fast asleepe in the chaire of securitie ; and so the work together with the worke-master , in a moment of
tin * e doe perish . "—Pp . 10 * 16 . Thomas Tymnre wa& , I suspect , a priest \ who , though he would < f remove all idle lubbers , " yet could scarcely encourage even " a paipefui watchman '' if , in the style of clerical assumption , a lay-preacher . Thus saying after Sirach * " Be not curious in superfluous things , for many things are shewed unto thee above the capacity of men , " * he thus complains : < c And yet we see that the most ignorant do many times soonest offend herein , rushing into those matters whereof they have no knov ^ - ledge , and aothing belonging unto them .
They will build tabernacles with Peter * and lay platforms for the Church , whereof they have no skill . Every common person will be an Agi'tppa over Paid , and every woman a JBernice , and every » mean person make a shop , a consistory , to controui a state , forgetting the proverb , ne gutor ultra , crepidum : the shoemaker is not to
exceed his pantofle . " Tuojxias Tymme could not fail to . rank war amidst the " miseries of »* m ' s life . " H& aska , " Wfeafc ng ^ aneth &o mu ^ U ^ rmaur ,. p ik e ^ bawee , hU »» sw ^^ Js ^ 134 ffun » , with , 4 ivers other
instaruments Qf man ' s malice ? Do not t jieiie tleaUoy and consujne more nieu , th ^ a do sickneases apd diseases I Hisses report that b j one ^ wJi y * Julius ^ 09 ur ( which is s ^ kI to * have been a jjjos t- courteous tuid . gentW emj ^ eior , ) mere wor $ slm » e ^ vepp ^ l bat ^ s . etev ^ a
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hundred thousand men . Ani 4 if a mm of roiJdpesfl and meek sfdrit ^ wttat straH we looft for at the band » of th « m $ st cruel men ?—And this is tbat em * and sociable creature vrhich i » called bo .
man ; which is born without ciatro aad horns , in token of peace and love winch lie cmght to embrace /? Thi » wrKcri believing in the ixraltipiffeity n of evil spirits * soon adds the following appfct-Kng description : ** W ^ have afeo ghostly enGn > ie ^ , which see u « , and we not them . For the devils , which wrer
most crafty , cruel , and most Hoaghty in number and strength , do nothing ^ ^ practise nothiaig ^ and think upon m ^ thing eke than how they n&ay tempt * deceive , hurt ande ^ st men down
henftlong into bdl-fire /* And tHs remmdn me of the author ' s 4 th chapter , " concerning Helljand the Torments tfiefeojf /* an avvSil subject on which spauj Chifis ^ tians have deUghted to qxpatiate ^ , ana to indulge aa imagiaiation tu ^ ridly lux > uriaixt . '¦"' ,. '
Thomas Tymni ^ begins l > y referringr to a custom ^ probably of his ag « y apeafeing of the devil , as leading meiv * ' blindfold , ( by the way of sin » , >—even * as thieves are to be led with a veil before fcheir faces when they are going" to the gallows . ' * He determines ( 72 ) tjxat ** as
the world is a p lace of simie and transgr ^ ssion , a station of pUgrinaage aj ^ d o £ woe , a habitation of vvayliag and o £ teares , of trauell and of ^ eann ^ & ^ oft feaaiei alue ^ , and o $ shame , © f moulngp and o £ eliancfiugr o £ paadi&g assd of corruptkm ^ . of ins olence andr of partturfea- ^ tion , of violence and oppression , of
deeeit and of guile , and finally , tfce lay- ; stall of all wickednessre and abhorniiraticm : so also by God ' s justice It is appohited the place and pit of punishment and everlasting torment /* He
further says * € t l { this hell , were bitt a temporall pa-ine , ( as > Orig- ^ n , tJw ^ ght ^ d : then hjope would chee ^ the tormented ^ un ^ er : b ut—the torjmeata of tha damned shalt continue so ummy worMes ^ as there be stars in * the fin » wnent , as *
ttkere be graines &f sand by the $ ea > - shore , and as there bee firojps od ? water ^ found in the sea . And when tftcse worlds are encfeel , the paiues and torments shaH not cease ' , but begin afre ^^; and . thus this wheele tihaH turne XWWft without , en&J * ' The . Authoi- tUen . prqr ceeda p iously to d t ^ r hiar r ^ ad ^ rat fcwu indulging * the vawe ptef ^ xueea / of tWj fifiiSib : aUhoogh j » anao . by Iiniag' in
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is mmirv&m , n ^ . xxvt s ^ l
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1821, page 591, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2505/page/23/
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