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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 1 › Section 3
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SECT. III.
'Tis scarce imaginable that ever Sin should prevail so far as it doth to the very unmanning of •en, did they not first delude and bribe their […] ⟨p. 2⟩[…] ⟨p. 3⟩⟨p. 4⟩Reason by close and cunning Applications• their bewitched Affections; whereby though th•• cannot make it a party, yet they make it stand […] as a silent Spectator or Neuter, whilst they act […] Beast, yea, the Devil rather than the Man.
'Tis scarce imaginable that ever Sin should pre•ail so far as it doth to the very unmanning of •en, did they not first delude and bribe their 〈…〉 ⟨p. 2⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 3⟩⟨p. 4⟩Reason by close and cunning Applications• their bewitched Affections; whereby though th•• cannot make it a party, yet they make it stand 〈…〉 as a silent Spectator or Neuter, whilst they act Beast, yea, the Devil rather than the Man.