N00765:3
A cloud of witnesses
A cloud of witnesses; darting out light upon a case, too unseasonably made seasonable to be discoursed on.
Boston: printed by B. Green and J. Allen?, 1700
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'Tis fit we should begin with, The Sacred Scripture.
Rom. XIII.13. Let us walk honestly, [or decently] but […] in RIOTING.
Rom. XIII.13. Let us walk honestly, [or decently] but 〈…〉 in RIOTING.
1 Pet. IV.3. The Time past of our Life may suffice us, to have wrought the Will of the Gentiles, when we walked in REVELLINGS.
All the World, that understand the Greek Tongue, (and the greatest Interpreters) confess, That the Greek word, [Greek or Hebrew] Komos, which our Translators, in one place render, by, RIOTING, in another, by, REVELLING, is truly translated, by DANCING. 'Tis the very Thing, Expressly forbidden.
All the World, that understand the Greek Tongue, (and the greatest Interpreters) confess, That the Greek word, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Komos, which our Translators, in one place render, by, RIOTING, in another, by, REVELLING, is truly translated, by DANCING. 'Tis the very Thing, Expresly forbidden.