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The works of George Swinnock, M.A
The works of George Swinnock, M.A. containing these several treatises ...
London: printed by J.B. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1665
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
SECT. III.
1. If thou wouldst exercise thy self to godliness when thou art alone,1 guard thy heart against vain thoughts; This is the first work to be done, without which all that I have to commend to thee will be in vain. Its to no purpose to expect that a glass should be filled with costly wine, when its filled already with puddle water. When the house before-hand was taken up by strangers, there was not room for Christ himself in the Inn. If such flies be suffered and allowed in our hearts, they will spoil our best pots of Ointment.
1. If thou wouldst exercise thy self to godliness when thou art alone,1 guard thy heart against vain thoughts; This is the first work to be done, without which all that I have to commend to thee will be in vain. Its to no purpose to expect that a glass should be filled with costly wine, when its filled already with puddle water. When the house before-hand was taken up by strangers, there was not room for Christ himself in the Inne. If such flies be suffered and allowed in our hearts, they will spoil our best pots of Oyntment.