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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 4 › Section 5 › Excuse 1: Excuse I.
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.
Excuse I.
And first, to what you say of the Capacity of your Bodies, Strength, and Ability of your Constitutions, to receive and bear greater Quantities of Wine and strong Drink than others can; and therefore, why should you not give a proof of it when challenged, and get Reputation to your selves by drinking down, and glorying over such as vie with you?
And first, to what you say of the Capacity of your Bodies, Strength, and Ability of your Constitutions, to receive and bear greater Quantities of Wine and strong Drink than others can; and therefore, why should you not give a proof of it when challeng'd, and get Reputation to your selves by drinking down, and glorying over such as vye with you?
To this I reply three things, which must be laid in the Counter-balance, and let the Balance be held in the upright Hand of your own Reason.
To this I reply three things, which must be laid in the Counter-ballance, and let the Ballance be held in the upright Hand of your own Reason.