The English text in this book is based on the translation of William Ames's Latin work published in London in 1642. This guide explains two ways in which its English differs from modern usage.
Hence is fulnesse of terrors of conscience, and fulnesse of sinne, for the damned doe sin,
e. Spelling was less uniform than it is today. The same sentence contains both sinne and sin, now both written sin. Modern fullness has no final e and has two ls. Doe is an older spelling of do.i/j and u/v. This edition uses Iesus and Iustice for Jesus and Justice, and Vnion for Union. Printers could use v for a vowel at the start of a word and u for a consonant within a word.ſ). This old form of s resembles an f. The digital transcription continues the sentence with will fin, which makes sense in context as will sin. A long s may have been misread as an f.The third-person singular present forms doth and hath, still familiar from the King James Version, also occur in prose of the period. In the preface, it doth more enlighten uses doth where modern English would use does, and the Reader hath alwayes uses hath for has. In plain modern English, it doth more enlighten means it gives more light.
In the damned doe sin, the subject the damned is plural, so the verb is doe. The difference between doe and do is one of spelling. Doth and does are historical and modern forms of the same third-person singular verb.
Selected forms attested in the preface and main text, in alphabetical order. Modern equivalents appear in parentheses.
aboundance (abundance), adjoyned (adjoined), againe (again), alwayes (always), anie (any), appeare (appear), auncient (ancient), bee (be), beleeve (believe), betweene (between), bloud (blood), booke (book), borne (born), certaine (certain), chiefe (chief), cleerly (clearly), comming (coming), compleat (complete), concerne (concern), counsell (counsel), dayes (days), deale (deal), deepe (deep), doe (do), drawne (drawn), eare (ear), eares (ears), easie (easy), edifie (edify), effectuall (effectual), entred (entered), equall (equal), eternall (eternal), evill (evil), expresse (express), externall (external), faithfull (faithful), faithfulnesse (faithfulness), farre (far), feare (fear), feele (feel), finde (find), firme (firm), fitnesse (fitness), foreseene (foreseen), forme (form), formes (forms), freedome (freedom), fulnesse (fullness), gaine (gain), generall (general), goe (go), goodnesse (goodness), grievousnesse (grievousness), happinesse (happiness), heare (hear), hee (he), helpe (help), helpes (helps), himselfe (himself), holinesse (holiness), houre (hour), Ierusalem (Jerusalem), Iesus (Jesus), Iewes (Jews), Iohn (John), Ioy (Joy), Iudge (Judge), Iudgement (Judgment), Iustice (Justice), Iustification (Justification), joyne (join), joyned (joined), joyntly (jointly), keepe (keep), kingdome (kingdom), lawes (laws), lawfull (lawful), layd (laid), learne (learn), leasure (leisure), lesse (less), lightnesse (lightness), lyar (liar), lye (lie), mariage (marriage), maried (married), meane (mean), meanes (means), meete (meet), mercie (mercy), minde (mind), mortall (mortal), neere (near), neerest (nearest), obdience (obedience), onely (only), originall (original), owne (own), paines (pains), passe (pass), perfit (perfect), perfited (perfected), personall (personal), pertaine (pertain), physicall (physical), plaine (plain), politick (politic), possesse (possess), practicall (practical), principall (principal), priviledge (privilege), publick (public), publickly (publicly), reall (real), remaine (remain), righteousnesse (righteousness), roote (root), scandall (scandal), seale (seal), seeke (seek), seene (seen), selfe (self), shew (show), shewed (showed), shewes (shows), sinne (sin), solemne (solemn), sonne (son), sonnes (sons), soule (soul), soules (souls), speciall (special), spirituall (spiritual), temporall (temporal), thankefull (thankful), thankfulnesse (thankfulness), uncleannesse (uncleanness), unlawfull (unlawful), unlesse (unless), usefull (useful), vaine (vain), vertue (virtue), vertues (virtues), vitious (vicious), Vnion (Union), voyce (voice), voyces (voices), weaknesse (weakness), wee (we), weeke (week), whilest (while), wholy (wholly), wisdome (wisdom), worke (work), workes (works), yeeld (yield), yeelded (yielded), yeelding (yielding), yeelds (yields)
ariseth (arises), builded (built), calleth (calls), canst (can), declareth (declares), doth (does), followes (follows), giveth (gives), hath (has), liveth (lives), looketh (looks), loveth (loves), lusteth (lusts), lyeth (lies), partaketh (partakes), perceiveth (perceives), pertaineth (pertains), pleaseth (pleases), punisheth (punishes), purgeth (purges), receiveth (receives), remaineth (remains), requireth (requires), resteth (rests), saith (says), saveth (saves), seemeth (seems), serveth (serves), sheweth (shows), signifieth (signifies), sinneth (sins), speaketh (speaks), standeth (stands), suffereth (suffers), taketh (takes), teacheth (teaches), tendeth (tends), testifieth (testifies), thee (you), thine (yours), thou (you), thy (your), thyselfe (yourself), useth (uses), willeth (wills), witnesseth (witnesses), worketh (works), ye (you), yee (you)