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Yea this pleasure is the rule of all pleasure, and the end of all pleasure, whatsoever pleasure is not regulated by this, and subordinate to this, is evil.

But how are the ways of wisdom the ways of ⟨p. 183⟩¹pleasantness? It appears otherwise, for the ways of godliness do abridge men of abundance of pleasure and delight in many things in the world; What is so great an enemy to the pleasures of men and women as Religion? It causeth them to be cut short of abundance of delightful things that others rejoice in.

But how are the ways of wisdom the ways of ⟨p. 183⟩¹pleasantness? It appears otherwise, for the ways of godliness do abridge men of abundance of pleasure and delight in many things in the world; What is so great an enemy to the pleasures of men and women as Religion? It causeth them to be cut short of abundance of delightful things that others rejoyce in.

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To that I answer, first, Suppose it were so: you ¹heard in the commendation, that the pleasantness of the ways of godliness was exceeding great, that it hath that excellency in it, to make up whatsoever pleasure it wants: Though it should cut you short of abundance of pleasure, if it shall put a principle that shall enable you to stand in no need of that pleasure it cuts you short of, what have you lost? As suppose