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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 5 › Section 6 › Inducement 2: Inducement 2.
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Inducement 2.
But others would persuade us they are drawn into this Sin by a kind of inevitable necessity, they being neither able to contain, nor Marry.
But others would perswade us they are drawn into this Sin by a kind of inevitable necessity, they being neither able to contain, nor Marry.
They are not yet arrived to Estate sufficient to maintain a Family with Reputation: But when they have gotten enough by Trade, or by the fall of their paternal Estates to live in equal Reputation with their Neighbours, then they design to alter their Course of Life, and abandon these Follies.
But, Reader, if this be thy Plea for Uncleanness, thou shalt have as fair a Trial for a foul ⟨p. 90⟩Fact, as thine own heart can desire; be still thine own Judg, and let thine own Reason give a fair Answer to these three pertinent Questions▪