A54381:807
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.
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.
4. By seeking only the glory of God in all things, and not our own glory, Matth. 6. 5, 6. Joh. 17. 18.
4. By seeking onely the glory of God in all things, and not our own glory, Matth. 6. 5, 6. Joh. 17. 18.
When we thus seek the glory of God, and have the praise of good men for the doing of it, we must not despise, nor contemn their Testimony, and commendation.
When we thus seek the glory of God, and have the praise of good men for the doing of it, we must not despise, nor contemne their Testimony, and commendation.