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The right wayThe right vvay
The right way: or A direction for obtaining good success in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.The right vvay: or A direction for obtaining good successe in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge.
London: printed by A. Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1648London: printed by A. Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1648
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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. The beating down, mentioned in the former place better enableth a man to holy duties: but neglecting the body, in the later place, doth oft disenable him thereunto.
3. The beating down, mentioned in the former place better enableth a man to holy duties: but neglecting the body, in the later place, doth oft disinable him therunto.
4. The former is warranted by Gods Word, and required therein, Ephes. 4. 22. The later is from mans vain invention.
5. The former is a matter of truth and sincerity: the later of hypocrisy and superstition.
5. The former is a matter of truth and sincerity: the later of hypocrisie and superstition.
In a word, by keeping the body under the corrupt flesh is tamed: and yet the strength of a mans outward body not impaired: but by neglecting the body, a mans outward body consisting of flesh and bone is weakened, and yet the corrupt flesh not subdued.
In a word, by keeping the body under the corrupt flesh is tamed: and yet the strength of a mans outward body not impaired: but by neglecting the body, a mans outward body consisting of flesh and bone is weakned, and yet the corrupt flesh not subdued.