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London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…
London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, profane, and mere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formal, legal, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble believing soul. In a dialogue between a minister of the Gospel. Alexander an ignorant profane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.
London: printed for John Wright, 1646London: printed for Iohn Wright, 1646
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Sim. Why truly Sir, whilst I was a young man and unmarried I was very wild, and given to much vanity, and many sinful courses; but when I came to be a married man I left them all, and betook my self to a very civill course of life, dealing uprightly and justly with all men, not doing the least wrong to any, being very diligent in my Calling, endeavouring thereby to get where withal to maintain my self and my Family, and to bring up my children in learning and good manners, ⟨p. 76⟩[…] ⟨p. 77⟩[…] ⟨p. 78⟩and to keep my self out of debt and danger, and to live in credit and fashion amongst my neighbours, and though I say it my self, I did so, and had the love of all that knew me, especially of the poorer sort, for the truth is, I was good to them: and I was also very careful to go to the Church every Sabbath day, and to see that my wife, children, and servants did the like, and when we came home I did usually read a Chapter either before or after supper, commanding my children and servants to do the like, and afterwards ⟨p. 79⟩we used to sing a Psalm together, and then I commonly went to Prayer with them, though I must confess I then did it upon a Book; and this course of life I led for the space of full seven years together, and now Sir, before I go any further, I would entreat you to tell me, what state and condition you think I was in at this time.
Sim. Why truly Sir, whilst I was a young man and unmarried I was very wilde, and given to much vanity, and many sinfull courses; but when I came to be a married man I left them all, and betooke my selfe to a very civill course of life, dealing uprightly and justly with all men, not doing the least wrong to any, being very diligent in my Calling, endeavouring thereby to get where withall to maintaine my selfe and my Family, and to bring up my children in learning and good manners, ⟨p. 76⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 77⟩