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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.
CHAP. VII.
Showing how True Godliness, in his Travels, chanced to fall into a certain Island, where he met with a great number of cruel Enemies, who conspired together to take away his Life, and the Life of his Servants; but their Grand Plot failing, they contrived many Sham-plots, to cast the whole Intrigue upon his own Friends and Servants; together with True Godliness's sad and grievous Lamentation.
Shewing how True Godliness, in his Travels, chanc'd to fall into a certain Island, where he met with a great number of cruel Enemies, who conspired together to take away his Life, and the Life of his Servants; but their Grand Plot failing, they contrived many Sham-plots, to cast the whole Intreague upon his own Friends and Servants; together with True Godliness's sad and grievous Lamentation.
True Godliness having Travelled (as you have heard) up and down in the World for many years, and suffered divers hardships and grand Affronts and abuses, at last came, by the gracious Providence of God, into a small Isle; neither did he Travel alone, but like a High-born Prince, though in a state of Exile; he had some Servants to attend and wait upon him, who loved their Master ⟨p. 72⟩as their own Souls, yea, and above their natural lives; their Names were Heavenly, New-man, Innocency, Humility, Sincerity, Temperance, Sobriety, Faithful, New-obedience, Hope-well, True-love, Blessed, Experience, Excellent Knowledge, Christian Courage, Vehement Desire, Godly Zeal, with many more. Now, after he had been for some considerable time in the said Island, and had through his sweet and Heavenly and peaceable carriage, got himself many Friends and Favourites, having lived many years in good credit and esteem amongst them, and no body thought or dreamt he had been in the least danger. But in process of time, on a sudden, there being a little before arrived in the same Isle, a great number of out-landish-men, called by some Mahometans; but their right name, it seems was Babylonians, being Natives of a great City that bears that Name.