A26701:78
The way to true happiness in a serious treatise /
The way to true happiness in a serious treatise / by Joseph Alleine.
London : Printed and are to be sold by Nevil Simmons, 1678
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The famous Lycurgus, having instituted most strict and wholesome L•ws for his people, told them he was necessitated to go a journey from them, and got them to bind themselves in an ⟨p. 4⟩oath, that his laws should be observed, till his return. This done, he went into a voluntary banishment, and never returned more, that they might, by virtue of their oath, be engaged to the perpetual observing of his laws. Methinks I should be glad of the hard conditions which he endured (though I love you tenderly) so I might but hereby engage you thoroughly to the Lord Jesus Christ
The famous Lycurgus, having instituted most strict and whole••m L•ws for his people, told them he was necessitated to go a journey from them, and got them to bind themselves in an ⟨p. 4⟩oath, that his laws should be observed, till his return. This done, he went into a voluntary banishment, and never returned more, that they might, by vertue of their oath, be engaged to the perpetual observing of his laws. Methinks I should be glad of the hard conditions which he endured (though I love you tenderly) so I might but hereby engage you througly to the Lord Jesus Christ
Dearly beloved, would you rejoice the heart of your Minister? Why then, embrace the counsels of the Lord by me: forgo your sins: set to prayer: up with the worship of God in your families: keep at a distance from the corruptions of the times. What greater joy to a Minister, than to hear of souls born unto Christ by him, and that his Children walk in the truth? 2 John 4.
Dearly beloved, would you rejoyce the heart of your Minister? Why then, embrace the counsels of the Lord by me: forgo your sins: set to prayer: up with the worship of God in your families: keep at a distance from the corruptions of the times. What greater joy to a Minister, than to hear of souls born unto Christ by him, and that his Children walk in the truth?