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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 7
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If Men have not quite extinguished both Reason •nd Conscience by debauchery, and divested themselves of Humanity, one would think no Motion […] Address can possibly be made to them more fair, •ational, and inoffensive than this, that they would •e pleased but to consult themselves, and hearken •o the native and unconstrained Voice of their •wn Reason and Conscience, before they engage themselves in matters of great Concernment, upon which both their present and eternal welfare do depend; or if they are already engaged, yet at ••st to lend an ear to what they have to offer for •eir recovery, before it be too late.
If Men have not quite extinguished both Reason •nd Conscience by debauchery, and divested them•elves of Humanity, one would think no Motion 〈…〉 Address can possibly be made to them more fair, •ational, and inoffensive than this, that they would •e pleased but to consult themselves, and hearken •o the native and unconstrained Voice of their •wn Reason and Conscience, before they engage ••emselves in matters of great Concernment, up•n which both their present and eternal welfare do •epend; or if they are already engaged, yet at ••st to lend an ear to what they have to offer for •eir recovery, before it be too late.