A27107:443
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
3. That many a Man hath gone out of his door, and never come in again.1 Many a Man who rose well and lively in the morning, hath been seen a dead Man ere night. So may it befall thee: and if thou be so careful, before thou goest abroad, to drink, to fence thy body from ill airs; how much more careful shouldest thou be to pray, to preserve thy soul from evil temptations?
3. That many a Man hath gone out of his door, and never come in again.1 Many a Man who rose well and lively in the morning, hath been seen a dead Man ere night. So may it befal thee: and if thou be so careful, before thou goest abroad, to drink, to fence thy body from ill airs; how much more careful shouldest thou be to pray, to preserve thy soul from evil temptations?
- 1Quem dies vidit veniens superbum: Hunc dies vidit fugiens jacentem. Senec. Nescis quid vesper serus vel••t. Varro.
4. That the time spent in prayer never hindereth, but furthereth and prospereth a Man's journey and business.
4. That the time spent in prayer never hindreth, but furthereth and prospereth a Man's journey and business.
5. That in going abroad into the world, thou goest into a Forest full of unknown dangers, where thou shalt meet many briars, to tear thy good name; many snares, to crap thy life; and my hunters, to devour thy Soul. It is a Field of pleasant Grass, but full of poisonous Serpents. Adventure not therefore to go naked amongst