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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
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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.
Youth. Why, Sir, what a Crop shall I reap?
Godly. You are like, in the first place, to reap here in this World, a Crop of loathsome Diseases? for Drunkenness, Rioting, and Whoring doth commonly produce that Secondly. You will reap a Crop of Infamy and Reproach; for Sin is the shame of any people or particular Soul, Prov. 14.34. and it will be much if you reap not a Crop of Want and Beggary too in the end. Thirdly. You will reap a Crop of horrible and unsupportable Guilt, Prov. 18.14. by which Means your Conscience will torment and lash you after such a sort, that you will not be able to ⟨p. 59⟩endure it; you will reap also a Crop of all the fearful Plagues and Curses that are in the Book of God, pronounced against wicked & ungodly Sinners, Deut. 29.19, 20, 21. Sixthly and Lastly, At the great and terrible Day of Judgment, you will reap a full Crop of God's eternal Wrath and Vengeance, a Crop of brinish tho' fruitless Tears, Groans and endless Torments in Hell Fire, Mat. 25.41. Now, if you like to gather in at Harvest such Crops as these, go on and sow your wild Oats plentifully.
Godli. You are like, in the first place, to reap here in this World, a Crop of loathsome Diseases? for Drunkenness, Rioting, and Whoring doth commonly produce that Secondly. You will reap a Crop of Infamy and Reproach; for Sin is the shame of any people or particular Soul, Prov. 14.34. and it will be much if you reap not a Crop of Want and Beggary too in the end. Thirdly. You will reap a Crop of horrible and unsupportable Guilt,