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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 9
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.
SECT. IX.
As for themselves, if they will make a judg•ment upon their own condition in the light of• Reason, Conscience, or Scripture, (and they very well know they take their measures in perfect darkness, if they take them not by this direction then continuing the same course they now do, they are a lost generation.
As for themselves, if they will make a judg•ment upon their own condition in the light of• Reason, Conscience, or Scripture, (and they ve•ry well know they take their measures in perfec• darkness, if they take them not by this direction then continuing the same course they now do, they are a lost generation.
All their lawful and faithful guides tell then with one mouth, they are certainly in the broa••way ⟨p. 11⟩to damnation. And that how irksome and terrible soever the thoughts and apprehensions of Hell are to them, yet thither they must certainly come, if they pursue this course. Their Reason plainly tells them, he that chooseth the means, and engageth in the way leading to Hell, must and ought to make account that Hell is the place he is preparing for.