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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 8 › Section 3
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.
SECT. III.
1The hinderances of walking in newness of life are many, and very great, that it is not an easy thing for any man to lead this life.
1THe hinderances of walking in newness of life are many, and very great, that it is not an easie thing for any man to lead this life.
- 1Hindrances of walking in newness of life.
1. The Old Serpent is a great enemy to this New li•e; he hath old stratagems, and old devices and snares to divert them out of this way.
2. The Old Principle of corruption remaining in our hearts is a great Impediment to this new life. It is working still in us, to walk in the old ways of pleasures and delights; the Old man within will still strive hard to hinder this New life without.