A25470:590
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
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.
We read in Scripture where wicked men have often fared better for the godly, as Laban for Jacob, and Potiphar for Joseph, and Ahab for Jehoshaphat, ⟨p. 172⟩&c, but we never read that godly men fared better for the company of the wicked, but rather worse, Psal. 119.115. Depart from me ye evil doers, for I will keep the Commandments of my God; it is a very hard matter to keep wicked company, and to keep the Commandments of God together.
Wee read in Scripture where wicked men have often fared better for the godly, as Laban for Jacob, and Potiphar for Joseph, and Ahab for Jehoshaphat, ⟨p. 172⟩&c, but wee never read that godly men fared better for the company of the wicked, but rather worse, Psal. 119.115. Depart from mee yee evil doers, for I will keep the Commandements of my God; it is a very hard matter to keep wicked company, and to keep the Commandements of God together.
The Lacedaemonians would never suffer a stranger to be with them above three days, for fear of infection and corruption with their evil manners. And verily those that are strangers to God, and godliness, should be as little as may be our companions.
The Lacedemonians would never suffer a stranger to bee with them above three daies, for fear of infection and corruption with their evil manners. And verily those that are strangers to God, and godliness, should bee as little as may bee our companions.