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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.
For if Debauchery be both asserted and allow• to be the true Badge of Gentility, then your ow•• Reason will infer, that all the Ancient Epithets […] Gentility ought thereupon to be altered. An• would those Gentlemen, think you, take it well, […] have the Titles and Epithets of Ingenuous, Worth• Honourable, and Noble, changed into Cursing, Swea••ing, Damning, Blaspheming Gentlemen? You canno• but see the inconsistency of both; If therefore yo• will adopt and wear the latter, you must either cashier and renounce the former, or try to mak• the former consistent with the latter, which I•••sure the most ingenious among you will find […] hard task to do.
For if Debauchery beboth asserted and allow• to be the true Badge of Gentility, then your ow•• Reason will infer, that all the Ancient Epithets 〈…〉 Gentility ought thereupon to be altered. An• would those Gentlemen, think you, take it well, 〈…〉 have the Titles and Epithets of Ingenuo•s, Worth• Honourable, and Noble, changed into Cursing, Swea••ing, Damning, Blaspheming Gentlemen? You canno• but see the inconsistency of both; If therefore yo• will adopt and wear the latter, you must eithe• cashier and renounce the former, or try to mak• the former consistent with the latter, which I•••sure the most ingenious among you will find 〈…〉 hard task to do.