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The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present…
The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present day, in an apt and pleasant allegory: showing, what true godliness is; also the troubles, oppositions, reproaches, and persecutions he hath met with in every age. : Together with the danger and sad declining state he is in at this present time, by errors, heresies, and ungodliness, or open profaneness. / By Benjamin Keach, author of a book called War with the devil, and Zion in distress, and The travels of ungodliness.The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present day, in an apt and pleasant allegory: shewing, what true godliness is; also the troubles, oppositions, reproaches, and persecutions he hath met with in every age. : Together with the danger and sad declining state he is in at this present time, by errors, heresies, and ungodliness, or open prophaneness. / By Benjamin Keach, author of a book call'd War with the devil, and Sion in distress, and The travels of ungodliness.
Boston: printed by B. Green and Company for D. Gookin over against the Old South Meeting-House, 1745
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.
Youth. Pray, Sir, do not trouble me, you are going to preach.
Godly. 'Tis sad you should think I trouble you, because I desire you to let me have a Lodging with you.
Godli. 'Tis sad you should think I trouble you, because I desire you to let me have a Lodging with you.
Youth. Sir, you will spoil all my Pleasures and sensual Delights, if I entertain you; I know your Manners well enough. You will cause me also to turn out of my House my familiar Friends and Consorts that rejoice my Heart in these youthful Days of mine. Now those he called his Friends, were these following, viz. Pride, Wanton, Vain-Glory, Love-Lust, Ambition, 1Gay-Clothes, Toss-Pot, Gamester, Please-Friend, Time-server, Scornful, Hate-Good, and Scoffer.
Youth. Sir, you will spoil all my Pleasures and sensual Delights, if I entertain you; I know your Manners well enough. You will cause me also to turn out of my House my familiar Friends and Consorts that rejoice my Heart in these youthful Days of mine. Now those he called his Friends, were these following, viz. Pride, Wanton, Vain-Glory, Love-Lust, Ambition, 1Gay-Cloaths, Toss-Pot, Gamester, Please-Friend, Time-server, Scornful, Hate-Good, and Scoffer.
- 1The chief Vices that attend Youth.