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Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…
Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolittle.Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolitel.
London: printed by R.I. for J. Johnson, 1666
DIRECTIONS how to live after a wasting PLAGUE. › Part 5 › Section 2
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.
1Secret sins will exceedingly disturb the peace of thy Conscience, They will make great gashes in thy soul; they will wound surely, they will wound s•ely and deeply; They may make thee go with a sorrowful heart unto thy grave; They may cost thee many a groan, and sigh and tear, many a prayer and strong cry to God before thy peace may be restored, and thy Conscience healed, and thy heart bound up. They may be the breaking of thy bones, and thy heart too, that thou mayst think God is thine enemy.
- 1And destroy your peace.
1Secret sins will hinder the growth of thy grace; A constant course of allowed secret sinning, argues the Nullity of grace; and secret sins, through carelessness […] by Gods people, will hinder much the increase of grace. They will be like a frost to the blossom; Like a Worm and Caterpillar to the fruits of the Earth. Secret sins by experience you will find will much hinder your,
1Secret sins will hinder the growth of thy grace; A constant cours• of allowed secret sinning, argues the Nullity of grace; and secret sins, through carelessness 〈…〉 by Gods people, will hinder much the encrease of grace. They will be like a frost to the blossom; Like a Worm and Caterpiller to the fruits of the Earth. Secret sins by experience you will find will much hinder your,
- 1Hinder grace.H•nder grace.