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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 4
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SECT. IV.
But let men do what they will, 'tis next to […] impossibility they should so far subdue and destroy those inbred Principles of Reason and Conscience, but that they will at one time or oth•• give them some checks and oppositions in th• profane courses, especially when they shall get t• advantage of some eminent distress, or special da••ger; which disposes them to lend an ear to the voices; and there be few men in the World but are sometimes providentially cast into such ••ses and conditions.
But let men do what they will, 'tis next to 〈…〉 impossibility they should so far subdue and d••stroy those inbred Principles of Reason and Co••science, but that they will at one time or oth•• give them some checks and oppositions in th• profane courses, especially when they shall get t• advantage of some eminent distress, or special da••ger; which disposes them to lend an ear to the voices; and there be few men in the Worl• but are sometimes providentially cast into such ••ses and conditions.