A sleeping sicknes the distemper of the times: as it was discovered in its curse and cure. In a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres in the Abby-Church at Westminister upon the 27th of January, the day appointed for their solemne and publicke humiliation / By William Jenkyn.

William Jenkyn

Date:: 1647

Credit: A sleeping sicknes the distemper of the times: as it was discovered in its curse and cure. In a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres in the Abby-Church at Westminister upon the 27th of January, the day appointed for their solemne and publicke humiliation / By William Jenkyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$We te Braces Ezek 15-3. the branches of aVine, whichare but weakeand unufe.. full, good tomakeno beams or rafters ofs he prayeth not, he councelleth not, he contributeth not, heisina deep fleep,and hath loft his hands; facha kinde of {leep as this,to a Saint, would be the greateft unquietnefie ; ferviceableneffe 7s his heaven + this life would beeno- - thing worth ifhemighr not get Chriftand Cinftrumen.- tally) givehim, 4. LPhis judgment of a deep fleepe comprehendes the punifhment of wawillingneffe and lothnefle to have any difturbance & ftirring by any that cometo awake. This Ulugeard is 1n his warm down, or in his midnight, repofe, and heeloves not to be molelted.. Yera] ittle Infanus contra more folding of the arms likes him; This {piritual {lee-. Ligeia ato per loves not any that {tir him , he accounts. them. his Pars fanitatis @reatett enemies and tormenters ; he that ufeth means — belle farart- may die: but he that refi eth all helps of recovery, mutt Seneca. : Ae ee aha ae dyes what will become of thofethat fay tothe Pro- phetsprophefre not , that aremad again{t the medicine, that cannot endure fiund docrime » that fhut their eyes againft the Sun, and {top their eares again{t thefound i ofthe word ; thusit is with this {pirituall fleepers he is angry with every one that makes a noife, that will not , _ fuffer him and his lufts to live together in quiet. Hee: 7 | that counts the worda burthen here , fhall feele ano- ther burthen hereaft¢e. | s. Laftly , this judgement of a deep fleep.denoteth infenfiblenef/e, regardlefnelle under. the threatnings, noyfes, wounds, and all other adminxtrations ufed by 4s) D6 aXto. « c x Ak , ‘God to awaken him : what-ever God {faith or doth the (pirituall fleeper layeth it not.to heart » {0 asito.get any OK a by its take It in thefe fi ve particulars. | | 1, deisupentible ofd ry x y 7 adnder likea druaken swan ths i fleep s J es$

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