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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
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.
VI. The way of Receiving those that would here Inhabit.
And wouldst thou know the customs of this place, How Men are here admitted to this Grace; And consequently whether thou mayst be Made one of this most blest Fraternity? ⟨p. 10⟩Come hither then, unto me lend an ear; And what is doubtful, to thee I will clear.
ANd wouldst thou know the customs of this place, How Men are here admitted to this Grace; And consequently whether thou mayst be Made one of this most blest Fraternitie? ⟨p. 10⟩Come hither then, unto me lend an ear; And what is doubtfull, to thee I will clear.
1. This place, as Mercies Arms, stands ope to those That their own happiness used to oppose; Those under Hedges, High-Way Men, or they That would not God nor yet good Men Obey; Those that among the bushe• •••'d to browse, Or under Hedges used themselves to louse.
1. This place, as Mercies Arms, stands ope to those That their own happiness us'd to oppose; Those under Hedges, High-Way Men, or they That would not God nor yet good Men Obey; Those that among the bushe• •••'d to brouze, Or under Hedges us'd themselves to louze.