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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.
THE REASONABLENESS OF Personal Reformation,
CHAP. I.
The Introduction and State of the Case.
SECT. I.
Reason exalts Man above all earthly Beings: 'Tis his Dignity and Privilege that God hath furnished him with Abilities of Mind to recollect, animadvert, compare, infer, ponder and judge his own Actions. Hereby he becomes not only capable of Moral Government by Humane Laws, which no Creature beside him is; but also of Spiritual Government by Divine Laws; and the blessed Fruitions of God in Glory, which no other Species of Creatures (Angels only excepted) have a subjective capacity for.
REason exalts Man above all earthly Beings: 'Tis his Dignity and Priviledge that God hath furnished him with Abilities of Mind to recollect, animadvert, compare, infer, ponder and judge his own Actions. Hereby he becomes not only capable of Moral Government by Humane Laws, which no Creature beside him is; but also of Spiritual Government by Divine Laws; and the blessed Frutions of God in Glory, which no other Species of Creatures (Angels only excepted) have a subjective capacity for.