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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.
2. Sin, alias Vice, alias Lust.
3. The Flesh.
4. The World.
But because this general and common description is not sufficient to discover the great danger Men and Women are in,1 by certain other secret and domestic Enemies, who are the cursed Agents and Servants of those ⟨p. 14⟩grand Adversaries of True Godliness, some of which many are ready to entertain as Friends, not suspecting the fatal danger they are in thereby; I shall upon this therefore give you an account of a few of them, and tell you their Names. The First I shall begin with is Unbelief, a very dangerous Fellow. 2. Pride. 3. Vain-glory. 4. Formality. 5. Hypocrisy. 6. Oppression. 7. Heresy. 8. Superstition. 9. Idolatry, alias Papistry. 10. Prosperity. 11. Persecution. 12. Ignorance. 13. Blind Zeal. 14. Vain Hope. 15. Sloth, alias Idleness. 16. Covetousness. 17. Old Custom. 18. Evil Example. 19. Self-Righteousness. 20. Presumption. 21. Despair. 22. Slavish Fear. 23. A Sensual Pleasure. And 24. Apostasy, with many other of like quality, too tedious here to reckon up; but by mentioning the Names of these, you may easily discern who and what the others are, who with their Attendance are all implacable Enemies to True Godliness, and as much as lies in them endeavour to hinder his being entertained wheresoever he comes, as you will find in the ensuing History of his Travels: Now, the Reason why True Godliness hath so many Enemies, I had thought to have showed in this place, but because I will not hinder you from the main scope and design of this Treatise, I shall reserve them for a more convenient place.