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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 5
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.
3. The principle that puts a Man upon public duties, is a secret and invisible thing: Whether you Pray or Preach, or do any public duty, out of a Principle of love and fear of God, is such a secret, that none can tell but your self.
3. The principle that puts a Man upon publick duties, is a secret and invisible thing: Whether you Pray or Pre•ch, or do any publick duty, out of a Principle of love and fear of God, is such a secret, that none can tell but your self.
4. The manner, in which public duties are performed, is a secret and invisible thing: Whether there be the exercise of Faith, and Repentance for Sin, and love to God, and desire after Spiritual things, is such a secret, that by-standers cannot know.
4. The manner, in which publick duties are performed, is a secret and invisible thing: Whether there be the exercise of Faith, and Repentance for Sin, and love to God, and desire after Spiritual things, is such a secret, that by-standers cannot know.
5. The end a Man propounds unto himself in public duties, is secret and invisible: Whether a Duty be done for the glory of God, for the good of others, for the enjoying more communion with God, for more strength against sin, or whether it be for self-interest, and carnal ends, is only known to a Mans own Conscience: Your duties Men may see, but your end they cannot see.
5. The end a Man propounds unto himself in publick duties, is secret and invisible: Whether a Duty be done for the glory of God, for the good of others, for the enjoying more communion with God, for more strength against sin, or whether it be for self-interest, and carnal ends, is onely known to a Mans own Conscience: Your duties Men may see, but your end they cannot see.