Friday, May 19, 2006
Your cheerful and uplifting Puritan
Some comparisons and metaphors from 17th century Puritan sermons and tracts:
"Indeed there is an ignorance that is no better than the dancing-room for the satyr." - Sydenham's Sermon, 1637
"Hell is paved with the skulls of children!" - Watson's Art of Contentment, 1653
"A covenant with them is like a loose collar around an ape's neck, which they can put on and off at will!" - Calamy's Sermon, 1645
"His house made a habitation for Jim and Zim, and every unclean thing!" - Godly Man's Portion, 1663
"That hand is unshapen and little better than monstrous, where all the fingers are the same length!" - Sydenham's Sermon, 1637
"When God wills, he takes up whom He will amongst the wicked and ties him up just so, quarters him, and hangs up his quarters. Then, he ties him up as a mark and shoots him clean through." - Lockyer's England Watched, 1646 (paraphrased for readability)
"Indeed there is an ignorance that is no better than the dancing-room for the satyr." - Sydenham's Sermon, 1637
"Hell is paved with the skulls of children!" - Watson's Art of Contentment, 1653
"A covenant with them is like a loose collar around an ape's neck, which they can put on and off at will!" - Calamy's Sermon, 1645
"His house made a habitation for Jim and Zim, and every unclean thing!" - Godly Man's Portion, 1663
"That hand is unshapen and little better than monstrous, where all the fingers are the same length!" - Sydenham's Sermon, 1637
"When God wills, he takes up whom He will amongst the wicked and ties him up just so, quarters him, and hangs up his quarters. Then, he ties him up as a mark and shoots him clean through." - Lockyer's England Watched, 1646 (paraphrased for readability)
# posted by Dev @ 11:57 AM 
