A27107:488
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.
Be the* same in the sight of God, who beholds thy heart, that thou seemest to be in the eyes of Men, that see thy face. Content ⟨p. 181⟩not thy self with* an outward good n•mè, when thy Conscience shall inwardly tell thee it is undeserved, and therefore none of thine. A deserved good name for any thing, but for godliness, lasts little, and is less worth. In all the holy Scriptures, I never read of an Hypocrite's repentance: and no wonder; for whereas after sin conversion is left as a means, to cure all other sinners, what means remain to recover him who hath converted conversion it self into sin? Woe therefore unto the Soul that is not, and yet still seemeth religious.
Be the* same in the sight of God, who beholds thy heart, that thou seemest to be in the eyes of Men, that see thy face. Content ⟨p. 181⟩not thy self with* an outward good n•mè, when thy Conscience shall inwardly tell thee it is undeserved, and therefore none of thine. A deserved good name for any thing, but for godliness, lasts little, and is less worth. In all the holy Scriptures, I never read of an Hypocrite's repentance: and no wonder; for whereas after sin conversion is left as a means, to cure all other sinners, what means remain to recover him who hath converted conversion it self into sin? Wo therefore unto the Soul that is not, and yet still seemeth religious.
- *Tu rectè vives, si curas esse quod audis. Hor. p. ad Quint.
- *Nil juv•t bonum nomen, reclamante conscientiâ.