James Durham on Passing by the flowers for the ....

[NaphtaliPress]

The following comes from the Epistle to the Reader in James Durham's, The Great Gain of Contenting Godliness (1685) 88-89.

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Are there not many good, com[/FONT]mendable, and imitable things in the Godly, which are not to be found in others? Why should all these be quite overlooked and passed by, and a few failings in all, or more gross faults in some of the Godly, be only taken notice of, and narrowly observed, and more exaggerated in them,then these same, or grosser ones in others are,who yet are quite destitute of those many other good things which the Godly have? Sure this is not fair nor equal dealing; It’s very like the disposition of a sort of Insects, that can flee over the whole of a meadow full of fragrant sweet-smelling and pleasant flowers, and sit down up[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]on, and suck a little dung in it.[/FONT]
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[Christusregnat]

The puritans often had a way of expressing things that we couldn't get away with today without getting points docked

Thanks for sharing! This is very insightful into our basic blindness.

Cheers,

Adam

The following comes from the Epistle to the Reader in James Durham's, The Great Gain of Contenting Godliness (1685) 88-89.

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Are there not many good, com[/FONT]mendable, and imitable things in the Godly, which are not to be found in others? Why should all these be quite overlooked and passed by, and a few failings in all, or more gross faults in some of the Godly, be only taken notice of, and narrowly observed, and more exaggerated in them,then these same, or grosser ones in others are,who yet are quite destitute of those many other good things which the Godly have? Sure this is not fair nor equal dealing; It’s very like the disposition of a sort of Insects, that can flee over the whole of a meadow full of fragrant sweet-smelling and pleasant flowers, and sit down up[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]on, and suck a little dung in it.[/FONT]
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[CarlosOliveira]

Durham is great, but....when will this book and the rest of Durham's works be coming out by Naphtali?

 

[NaphtaliPress]

Carlos,
I can see that a Collected Sermons of James Durham is possible in 2009 DV. It would include all the published sermons except the Isaiah 53 (only some of which have been reprinted in other volumes; e.g. Unsearchable Riches, on Death). The intended volume would match the Isaiah 53 volume and the two together will make a complete collection of Durham's sermons, leaving only the significantly more available Durham on Song of Solomon as the only volume not reissued in a new edition in our day (it was the only Durham reprinted in the 19th century, and early at that; it could stand a new resetting and check against the first edition; then there are the still surviving MSS Durham!).

 

[CarlosOliveira]

Carlos,
I can see that a Collected Sermons of James Durham is possible in 2009 DV. It would include all the published sermons except the Isaiah 53 (only some of which have been reprinted in other volumes; e.g. Unsearchable Riches, on Death). The intended volume would match the Isaiah 53 volume and the two together will make a complete collection of Durham's sermons, leaving only the significantly more available Durham on Song of Solomon as the only volume not reissued in a new edition in our day (it was the only Durham reprinted in the 19th century, and early at that; it could stand a new resetting and check against the first edition; then there are the still surviving MSS Durham!).

Great! I can't wait!!