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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.
Godliness, 'Tis true, Solomon did so; and doth he not by the sad experience he had of them tell you, all was vanity and vexation of Spirit. Come, Sir, you had better believe the Poison in the Cup is deadly, than to taste of it.
Godliness, 'Tis true, Solomon did so; and doth he not by the sad experience he had of them tell you, all was vanity and vexation of Spirit. Come, Sir, you had better believe the Poyson in the Cup is deadly, than to taste of it.
Youth, Sir, pray speak no more, I have not sowed all my Wild Oats yet, let me alone.
Godliness, Wild Oats indeed: Come let me persuade you to sow no more of them, for 'tis but sowing to the Flesh,and he that soweth to the Flesh, 1shall of the Flesh reap Corruption. *You had better far to sow to the Spirit. And now I will tell you what a kind of Crop you will have at Harvest by sowing that cursed Seed, which you call Wild Oats, unless by Repentance you pluck them all up again.
Godliness, Wild Oats indeed: Come let me perswade you to sow no more of them, for 'tis but sowing to the Flesh,and he that soweth to the Flesh, 1shall of the Flesh reap Corruption. *You had better far to sow to the Spirit. And now I will tell you what a kind of Crop you will have at Harvest by sowing that cursed Seed, which you call Wild Oats, unless by Repentance you pluck them all up again.