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A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CAP. VI.
Of external impediments whereby the world hindereth us in the duties of a godly life; and first, slanders and derision.
Of externall impediments whereby the world hindreth vs in the duties of a godly life; and first, slaunders and derision.
§. Sect. 1 How we may be armed against the slanders of the world.
§. Sect. 1 How we may be armed against the slaunders of the world.
And these are the impediments, which are internal in the minds and judgements of wicked worldlings. Those which are external, arise from their words and actions. Concerning the former, the world seeketh to discourage all those which truly fear God in their profession and holy practice by their contumelies and foul aspersions, slanders and reproaches. For when they have nothing in truth to object against them, in respect of their holy and unblameable conversation; then ⟨p. 768⟩imitating their father the devil, who is a false accuser of the brethren, they load them with calumnies and slanders, either by laying to their charge the things which they never did, or reporting things materially true after a false and malicious manner, that with these obloquies and reproaches they may discourage them in their Christian courses, and discountenance and disgrace even their best actions. Thus Ahab accused Elijah to be a troubler of Israel; and Amazias