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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 3 › Section 8
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This Apology for Sin is of no late date: Salvian mentions it as far back as his own Time; profane persons then* thus pleaded for themselves, That they were compelled to be evil, lest they should he accounted vile.
This Apology for Sin is of no late date: Salvian mentions it as far back as his own Time; prophane persons then* thus pleaded for themselves, That they were compelled to be evil, lest they should he accounted vile.
- *Mali esse cog•ntur, ne viles h•beantur.
Whether there be any weight in this Apology for Swearing, will quickly appear, now it is to be laid in the balance of true Reason.
Whether there be any weight in this Apology for Swearing, will quickly appear, now it is to be laid in the ballance of true Reason.
1. And first of all, let us consider what makes a true Gentleman, and whether profane Swearing have any place in his true Character and Description. A Gentleman is one that springs from famous and renowned Ancestors, and degenerates not from their Probity and Honour.†
1. And first of all, let us consider what makes a true Gentleman, and whether prophane Swearing have any place in his true Character and Description. A Gentleman is one that springs from famous and renowned Ancestors, and degenerates not from their Probity and Honour.