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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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And if they will be offended with you for this their offence is groundless in themselves, and wil• be greatly advantageous to you. For you need not doubt but you may find better Company th•• theirs any where on this side Hell. I remember tha• •ational and excellent Apology, which Tertullian made for the Christians in his time against the Gentiles: Wherein (saith he) do we offend you, if we will not partake with you in your Delights? If we sustain any damage by such ou• refusal, the injury can be only our own. We reject your Pleasures, and you are not delighted with ours.
And if they will be offended with you for this their offence is groundless in themselves, and wil• be greatly advantagious to you. For you need not doubt but you may find better Company th•• theirs any where on this side Hell. I remember tha• •ational and excellent Apology, which Tertullian made for the Christians in his time against the Gentiles: Wherein (saith he) do we offend you, if we will not partake with you in your Delights? If we sustain any damage by such ou• refusal, the injury can be only our own. We reject your Pleasures, and you are not delighted with ours.
You will show your selves true and worthy Gentlemen in abandoning and rejecting (upon so noble an account as this) all further unnecessary Society with such Genteel-men; for so they deserve to be called, rather than Gentlemen. They boast indeed the honour of their Blood, whilst they trample the precious and invaluable Blood of Christ under their feet: They boast their Eminency above the Vulgar, whilst mean time they labour vilely to debase him that set them there.