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The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present…
The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present day in an apt and pleasant allegory ... / by B.K., author of War with the Devil, and Zion in distress.The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present day in an apt and pleasant allegory ... / by B.K., author of War with the Devil, and Sion in distress.
London: printed for John Dunton, 1684
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.
Wasteful told him that True Godliness, if entertained, would never suffer him to buy such good pieces of Beef and Mutton, &c. as he was used to do on trust, unless he knew he was able to pay for them; and that he would not suffer him to go any more to merry Meetings, and carouse it amongst good Fellows at the Alehouse, nor recreate himself at Cards, Bowls, Nine-pins, and other Sports, for Money on Holidays; and that he must be content with such mean Clothes and Fare he had got, and never lose a days work to gratify the lusts of the Flesh; and that also he must change his Company; which particularly was grievous to Poverty to hear.
Wastful told him that True Godliness, if entertained, would never suffer him to buy such good pieces of Beef and Mutton, &c. as he was us'd to do on trust, unless he knew he was able to pay for them; and that he would not suffer him to go any more to merry Meetings, and carowse it amongst good Fellows at the Alehouse, nor recreate himself at Cards, Bowls, Nine-pins, and other Sports, for Money on Holidays; and that he must be content with such mean Clothes and Fare he had got, and never lose a days work to gratifie the lusts of the Flesh; and that also he must change his Company; which particularly was grievous to Poverty to hear.
Carping-Cares filled his head so full of distracting thoughts, that he had no time to think of God, Christ, nor his own Soul, from one weeks end to another; but his great study was, either to think where to borrow Money, and so get more in debt ⟨p. 45⟩or else how to pay what he owed, to get out of debt, or what he should do for work, Trade being grown (by the badness of Times) very dead; by this means Villain) filled with sad thoughts, not knowing how he should get more Bread, when that he had was eaten up, and more Clothes, when they he had would hang on no longer; besides, it could not go out of his mind, but that at one time or other he should be Arrested, and thrown into a Goal, having many times fearfully broke his word.
Carping-Cares filled his head so full of distracting thoughts, that he had no time to think of God, Christ, nor his own Soul, from one weeks end to another; but his great study was, either to think where to borrow Money, and so get more in debt