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The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion
The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native country, and the souls of men.The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native countrey, and the souls of men.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1691
THE REASONABLENESS OF Personal Reformation, › Chapter 2 › Section 6
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These vile Abuses of thy Reason and Conscience carry also in them an horrid contempt of God, whose Patent, Officers, and Delegates thy Reason and Conscience are. Those certainly Sin with an high hand against the Lord, who make nothing to control, kick, and lay in Irons his Commission-Officers, appointed for no other end, by their present and future Felicity. Nay,
These vile Abuses of thy Reason and Conscience car•y also in them an horrid contempt of God, whose Patent, Officers, and Delegates thy Reason and Conscience are. Those certainly Sin with an high hand against the Lord, who make nothing to controul, kick, and lay in Irons his Commission-Officers, appointed for no other end, by their present and future Felicity. Nay,
Such Men as these are found in a plain Conf••racy with the Devil, and that in a most unnat•••• and horrid Plot against their own Souls and Bod•• Their Light and their Lusts are struggling to•••ther. Sin and Conscience are combating one w••• the other; the one to destroy, the other to save […] Man. Darest thou join with thy Lusts against […] light, and think not to be brought in as a Party, […] confederate with the Devil? The stopping of […] Mouth of thy Conscience, fully proves both […] Consent and Concealment. And if proved C•••sent and Concealment make the• not a Party […] Accessary, it will be very strange.
Such Men as these are found in a plain Conf••racy with the Devil, and that in a most unnat•••• and horrid Plot against their own Souls and Bod•• Their Light and their Lusts are strugling tother. Sin and Conscience are combating one w the other; the one to destroy, the other to save Man. Darest thou joyn with thy Lusts against light, and think not to be brought in as a Party, confederate with the Devil? The stopping of Mouth of thy Conscience, fully proves both Consent and Concealment. And if proved Csent and Concealment make the not a Party Accessary, it will be very strange.