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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
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.
'Tis Virtue which raises and ennobles Families at first: for omnis sanguis concolor, all Humane Blood is derived from, and equally tainted by Adam. Nobler and Baser Blood is an after Difference, made by Virtue and Vice among men. And as Virtue first ennobled and raised some Families ⟨p. 46⟩above others, so it will still continue the […] of Honour in their Posterity: And as their V•• tues shall increase, so will their Honour proportionably do.
'Tis Vertue which raises and ennobles Families at first: for omnis sanguis concolor, all Humane Blood is derived from, and equally tainted by Adam. Nobler and Baser Blood is an after Difference, made by Virtue and Vice among men. And as Virtue first ennobled and raised some Families ⟨p. 46⟩above others, so it will still continue the 〈…〉 of Honour in their Posterity: And as their V•• tues shall encrease, so will their Honour prop••tionably do.
The Case truly and plainly standing thus, […] morally impossible to make Debauchery the p••per Badge and Character of Gentility. For m•• of Eminency above the Vulgar, are more […] bliged than they to shun all base and sordid Actions: And as their Honour increaseth, so do th• obligations to Temperance and Sobriety increase and strengthen upon them proport•••nably.
The Case truly and plainly standing thus, 〈…〉 morally impossible to make Debauchery the p••per Badge and Character of Gentility. For m of Eminency above the Vulgar, are more bliged than they to shun all base and sordid Acons: And as their Honour increaseth, so do th obligations to Temperance and Sobriety ecrease and strengthen upon them proportnably.