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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
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.
Quest. I.
Whether they think that which greatly increaseth Want and Poverty, be a rational Cur• ▪ and proper Remedy of it? And whether a Jar o• Oil be not as fit to quench a Flame, as Tavern and Ale-house Scores and Reckonings are to buoy u• a sinking Trade, and keep Bailiffs from Men doors? Certainly none but a sottish Fool ca• think it to be otherwise. Your own improve••dence, or God's afflictive Providence have brought you into other Mens Books; and certainly yo• cannot think, if you be in your Wits, that Chamberlains Bills for so many Bottles of Wine, an• Flagons of Beer, will be accepted by your Creditors for good Bills, to quit your Scores wi•• them. Were you Sober, Frugal, and Industrious you would put your selves thereby into a better way to obtain a Blessing from God, and Respects, and Forbearance from Men, than in the Course you now take.
Whether they think that which greatly encreaseth Want and Poverty, be a rational Cur• ▪ and proper Remedy of it? And whether a Jar o• Oyl be not as fit to quench a Flame, as Tavern and Ale-house Scores and Reckonings are to buoy u a sinking Trade, and keep Bailiffs from Men doors? Certainly none but a sottish Fool ca think it to be otherwise. Your own improvedence, or God's afflictive Providence have brough you into other Mens Books; and certainly yo cannot think, if you be in your Wits, that Chamberlains Bills for so many Bottles of Wine, an Flaggons of Beer, will be accepted by your Creditors for good Bills, to quit your Scores wi them. Were you Sober, Frugal, and Industrious you would put your selves thereby into a better way to obtain a Blessing from God, and Respects, and Forbearance from Men, than in the Course you now take.