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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.
5. I humbly beg leave to propound one plai• blunt Question to you, Gentlemen. The matte• of it is too rational to be rejected, and let th•• make atonement for the blunt manner of its proposal. And the Question is this.
Qu. Whether your Reason and Conscience be full• satisfied, that when you die (as you know you shorth must) you shall then appear before the Judgment-se•t of God, in the quality and character of Gentlemen▪ Do you verily think you shall find the more favour there, for the sake of your Noble Descent, and Honourable Extraction, or that your Gentility shall make a• atonement for all your impiety?
Qu. Whether your Reason and Conscience be full• s•tisfied, that when you die (as you know you shorth must) you shall then appear before the Judgment-se•t of God, in the quality and character of Gentlemen▪ Do you verily think you shall find the more favou• there, for the sake of your Noble Descent, and Honourable Extraction, or that your Gentility shall make a• atonement for all your impiety?
I am persuaded, Gentlemen, you do not, you cannot think so. You know you must appea before that God, with whom there is no respect of persons: a God that will certainly damn the impenitent Blasphemer. The man must assuredly