The Governance of Virtue 2
The source for this document is https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A06815.0001.001
Project Note
This is licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND. This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
The source of this document is the Early English Books Online (EEBO-TCP) website. Those books were transcribed in a character for character manner and can be very cumbersome to read since there was no standard spelling during that time. Many spelling variations such as "unlesse", "vnlesse", and "vnles" regularly appear.
This project was conceived to clean up those books as much as possible and make them more accessible to the interested reader, leading to the creation of a massive list of variant spellings and their corrections. This was used to clean up the text, but is of course only as complete as the list itself. Because of the nature of the original transcription, some words have missing characters or places where the original language (e.g., Greek) was not transcribed. This effort does not change that. Be aware that the original transcription can also be faulty and in some cases entire sentences may be missing.
Although this is no substitute for a properly compared, proofed, and scholarly edition, I believe that the result is a document which is far more accessible, particularly for searching for terms using standard spelling. The document has been cleaned and presented in what I hope is a pleasing and useful format for the vast majority of Christian brothers and sisters who just want access to read these spiritually nourishing works.
However, a word of warning: The Puritans were a very diverse group of people and their age was characterized with godliness, but also much upheaval, disputation and strife. They disagreed on many doctrines and some of these works contain less orthodox or Scriptural views than others. The reader is strongly advised to read with discernment, particularly if it is unknown whether author is trustworthy.
This project took a huge amount of time and skill to bring to fruition. I would particularly like to thank David Jonescue for the initial list of Puritans he found on EEBO and the concept behind this project as well as the continuous, unceasing efforts toward seeing this complete. Without his labor, this would not be available. Alex Sarrouf was invaluable in providing the initial list of over 7,000 spelling variations he had identified and corrected, as well as continuing to review more than 16,000 additions to that list for any typos.
Logan West
(with David Jonescue and Alex Sarrouf)
www.puritansearch.org
learn to do well. Seke judgment help the poor oppressed be favorable to the fatherless, defend the widow, and than come & reprove me, saith the Lord. If your sins be as red as scarlet, yet shall they be made as whyt as snow, & if they be like purple, yet shall they be made like white wolle. If that ye will be contented & hear me, ye shall eat • the good fruits of y e earth. If y t ye will not but {pro}uoke me unto angre, the sword shall deuourey • u, for the mouth of the lord hath spoken it
Jer. vii.
Put your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the flesh. For whan I brought your fathers out of the lande of egipte, I 〈◊〉 not one word to them of 〈◊〉 •• ferynges and sacrifices, 〈◊〉 . xi. commanded them, sayen • 〈◊〉 to your my voice, & I shall be yo • 〈◊〉 thē out shall be my people, & wa • 〈…〉 ways that I have commanded you that ye may prosper.
Amos. v.
I hate & utterly defye your holy days & where as ye sense me whō ye come together, I will not accept it. And though ye • ffer me brēt offerings, yet will not I receive your gifts. Away frō me with y e noise of thy songes, for I cā not abide the hearing of thy playeng at the orgānes. Prouide y e equite may flow as the water, and righteousness as a mighty stream. For in these things have I delight & pleasure saith the Lord.
iii. Reg. xviii.
How longe will ye halte on both partes? If the Lord be God follow him? If Baal be God, follow him
Math. xv.
This people draweth nygh unto w t their mouthe, & honoreth me •• yr lips, but their heart is 〈◊〉 • o me, verily they worshype 〈◊〉 • ayne, teaching doctrine, evē 〈4 pages missing〉 would not obey their Lodre God.
Psal. lxxviii.
Let them put their hope in God, & not forget the works of the Lord but seek after his cōmandemētes. Let them not be like their forefathers which were a froward & a spiteful nacyō, a naciō y t would never be true hearted nor bear an upright mind toward God.
Psal cxv.
Be not hard hearted as your forefathers were, which chode & rebelled against me.
Psal. cvi
We have sinned w t our forefathers we have done unjustly and committed iniquity.
Psal xlvi.
Trust not in rulars, no •• • he sons of mē, in whō is no he ••• For 〈◊〉 their •• eth goeth awai, thei return unto their erth in y e day shall all their thoughts, councils, deuyses & imagy naciōs come to naught.
Hiere. xi.
I have alway said unto your forefathers sins I brought thē out of y e londe of Egypt even unto this day, hear my voice, but they would not hear, nor once bow their ear unto it, but everyone of them is gone a stray in the frowardness o • his wicked heart. Yea the people of Judah and the men of Jerusalem are also fall̄ unto the wickedness of their forefathers, which would not hear my words, in so much y t they are all ready gone away after strange gods and serve thē. The house of Israel & the house of Judah have broken the couenaūte which I made with their fathers. Therefore thus saith the lord. Behold I will bring in extreme punyshementes upon them so that they shall not escape from them. They shall 〈◊〉 unto me, but I will not hear the 〈◊〉 cities of Judah & the inhabyte •• of Jerusalem shall go & cry unto thē to whō they offered Sacryfice, & yet • hal they not save thē in y e time of their trouble. According to y e noneber of thy cities were thy gods O Judah, & after y e noneber of thy ways o Ierusalē, hast y e set up altares of abomination to do sacryfice unto Baalim.
Hiere. xvi.
Your forefathers have forsake me, saith the Lord, & they are gone away after strange God's & have served thē and worshipped thē, yea they have utterly givē me over and have not kept my law. But you have wrought more abhominacyon then all your forefathers have done For behold everyone of you walk after y e lewdenes of his own wicked heart, & will not hear me.
Ezechi. ii.
Theyrfore fathers have broken my couenaūt even unto this day, & they to whō I send y t are childrē 〈◊〉 out all shame & of such an heart. not be reclamed.
Ezechi. • x.
〈4 pages missing〉Walk not in the commandments of youre forefathers, nor keep not their ordinances • there pollute yourselves with they • ydols. For I am the Lord your God. Therefore walk in my precepts and keep my judgments and do them.
Daniel. ix.
Confusion of face & utter shame be unto us, unto our kings, unto ours rulers, and to our forefathers, which have sinned.
zacha. i.
Be not like youre forefathers, unto whom the Prophettes in times past cried, saying. Thus saith the Lord of hoostes. Turn from your evil ways and frō your abhominable thoughts, but they would not hark̄ nor give any attendance unto me saith the Lord.
ii. Paral. xix.
Oure forefathers have sinned & have done evil in the sight of the same day, & say, because of y t which the lord did for me, whan I departed out of Egypt. Therefore shall it be a sign unto the in rhyn hand, & a token of remembrance before thine eyes, y t the law of the lord may be in thy mouth, how y t y e lord brought y t out of Egypt w t a mighty hand
Numer. xv.
Speak to the chyldrē of Israel & say unto thē, that they make thē gardes upon the quarters of their garments among all your posterities & put yellowe rybādes vpō the gardes in the quarters. And the gardes shall serve you, that ye may loke 〈◊〉 on thē & remember all the cōmaūd • ētes of the Lord & do thē, that order not youre selves after t •• • eanynge of your own heart ••• go a whorīg after your own • • es Therefore shall ye reme •• 〈◊〉 • all my commaūdementes & 〈◊〉 unto God.
••• t. iiii.
Take hede to thyself now & keep well thy soul, that y e forget not the things which thyn eyes have seen & that they depart not out of thy heart all the days of thy life. And thou shalt teache them thy chyldrē and thy chylders children.
Deut. vi.
Here O Israel y e Lord our god is one Lord only. And y u shalt love the Lord thy god w t all thy heart, w t all thy soul, & with all thy might. And these words, which I cōmaūde the this day, shalt y u take to heart and shalt rehearse thē unto thy chylmes, & shalt talk of them, whan y u s ••• st in thine house, & whan thou w •• r est by the way, whā thou liest do • abl • and whan thou rylest up.
And • ark • shalt bind them for a sign be s • n thine hand, and they 〈◊〉 be a to •• of remembrance before 〈◊〉 •• es fore shalt writ thē upon y • have • of thy house & vpō thy gates
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