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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 6 › Section 1
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.
SECTION I.
1. 1Should not you be dead to, and take heed of returning, in your love, back again unto the Riches of the World, after such a Judgment as this hath been? To prevent an over-eager pursuit of the Riches and Profits of this World, when (by the removal of this Judgment) you have opportunity of returning to your Callings; consider.
1. 1SHould not you be dead to, and take heed of returning, in your love, back again unto the Riches of the World, after such a Judgment as this hath been? To prevent an over-eager pursuit of the Riches and Profits of this World, when (by the removal of this Judgment) you have opportunity of returning to your Callings; consider.
- 1To the Profits of the world.
1. 1The Riches of this world are corruptible riches; they are perishing treasures: Silver and Gold are things corrupting others, and are corruptible in themselves, 1 Pet. 1.18, 19. But, you have an incorruptible Kingdom and Crown before you to strive after, reserved in Heaven for believers, and for those that are so vehemently set for Heaven, that they will take it by force.