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A Serious advice to the citizens of London
A Serious advice to the citizens of London by some ministers of the Gospel in the said city upon occasion of the horrid murder and dreadful death of Nathaniel Butler, an high malefactor.
S.l. : s.n., 1657
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.
Take heed of lesser sins. Little sins will make way for greater sins; if you sip of sin, ⟨image 10⟩you'll be drunk of it at last. How modest is sin at first, but when 'tis gratified, it grows impudent. This poor man lately executed, first he began to game, then to steal, then to Whore, and then to Murder.
Take heed of lesser sins. Little sins will make way for greater sins; if you sip of sin, ⟨image 10⟩you'l be drunk of it at last. How modest is sin at first, but when 'tis gratified, it growes impudent. This poor man lately executed, first he began to game, then to steal, then to Whore, and then to Murder.
Be careful of your company: associate with them that fear God; say unto them that are vain and wicked, Depart from us, for we will keep the Commandments of God, Psal. 119. 115. Bad company is the way to corrupt and spoil you: Can a man touch pitch, and not be defiled?
Read the Scriptures much; by them you must stand or fall to all eternity; when we walk by you in your Shops, we see many have their Shop-Book in their hands, but few have the Bible in their hands; the Shop-Book is open, but the Bible is shut.