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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
1. By seeking the Kingdom of God before all things, by repenting of sin, and earnestly desiring to follow after, and to embrace righteousness. This is the right way to seek the Kingdom of heaven, Prov 10. 7. Mark. 14. 9.
2. By having a care to judge, and speak well of others, Matt. 7. 2. Eccles. 7. 23. 24.
3. By abstaining from all kind of vice, and wickedness; for evil men will make use of one vice of a man to obscure his good name upon all occasions, Eccles. 10. 1. Yea, and they will openly, and secretly labour to bring him into sin, that they may have occasion of doing this.
3. By abstaining from all kinde of vice, and wickedness; for evil men will make use of one vice of a man to obscure his good name upon all occasions, Eccles. 10. 1. Yea, and they will openly, and secretly labour to bring him into sin, that they may have occasion of doing this.