Pseudodoxia Epidemica, or Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents and Commonly Presumed Truths (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Pseudodoxia Epidemica, or Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents and Commonly Presumed Truths The laft fpeech was that oflamecb, I have ¿air: 4 mm: to my wound, and a )ozmg mm: to my hurt If Cain 5c avenged fawn fold, try!) Lamaze}, fez/en!) and/é ven fold. 'now herein there feems to be avery erroneous Illation: from the Indulgence of God unto Cain, concluding an immunity unto himfelf 5 that is, aregular promotion from a hugle example, and anexemption from punilhment in a fact that naturally deferved it. The Error of this offender was contrary to that of Cain, whom the Raééim conceive that Lamecb at this time killed. He defpaired in Gods mercy in the fame Fae}, where this pre fumed of it 5 he by a decollation of all hope annihilated his mercy, this by an immoderancy thereof deftroyed his Jufiice. Though the fin were lefs, the Error was as great: For as it is untrue, that his mercy will not for ive offenders, or his benignity cooperate to their converfions, So is it al 0 of no lefs falfity to affirm His ju¿ice will nor exaét account of Sinners or pu milh fuch as continue in their tranfgreliions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.