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Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things
Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things: or, the doctrine of regeneration, the new birth, the very beginning of a godly life. Delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.
London: printed by J.F. for I.A., 1650
Appendix › Chapter 2 › Section 8 › For the duties here required.
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.
For the duties here required.
Say: Hast thou ever kept thy self pure in soul and body, both towards thy self and others?
Or for the sins here forbidden.
Say: Hast thou not sometimes been defiled with buggery, Sodomitry, incest, whoredom, adultery, Polygamy, 1self-pollution, or with changing the natural use into that which is against nature? 2. Hast thou not offended in the occasions of uncleanness, as in idleness, gluttony, drunkenness, wanton company, whorish attire, or perfumes? 3. 2Hast thou not sinned in thy senses, or gestures, or words, by filthy communication proceeding out of thy mouth? 4. Hast thou not harboured in thy heart burning lusts, impure thoughts, inordinate affections? 5. 3Hast thou not behaved thy self immodestly, unsoberly,