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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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3. Suppose what you say to be true, that some profane Gentlemen should scoff and deride yo• for your sober Carriage, and decorous Language (things which ought to be inseparable from true Gentility) I would in this case appeal to your ow• Reason, why you should not enjoy your ow• pleasure in as full latitude and liberty, as they d• theirs? They delight in the Dialect of Devils you in pure and inoffensive Language. If the• will drink the puddled Waters, and you refuse them for the pure Crystal Streams, you have t• be sure as much reason (and a thousand time• more) to assert your liberty to be virtuous, th•• they have (or can pretend to have) a privilege to be vicious.
3. Suppose what you say to be true, that som• prophane Gentlemen should scoff and deride yo• for your sober Carriage, and decorous Language (things which ought to be inseparable from tru• Gentility) I would in this case appeal to your ow• Reason, why you should not enjoy your ow• pleasure in as full latitude and liberty, as they d• theirs? They delight in the Dialect of Devils you in pure and inoffensive Language. If the• will drink the pudled Waters, and you refus• them for the pure Cristal Streams, you have t• be sure as much reason (and a thousand time• more) to assert your liberty to be vertuous, th•• they have (or can pretend to have) a priviledg• to be vicious.