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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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Showing how True Godliness, in his fresh and late Travels, came into a certain Island, where he met with a great Number of cursed Enemies; showing the present State of the Church among us, and abroad in Neighbouring Nations the Year 1688.
Shewing how True Godliness, in his fresh and late Travels, came into a certain Island, where he met with a great Number of cursed Enemies; shewing the present State of the Church among us, and abroad in Neighbouring Nations the Year 1688.
TRUE Godliness having travelled up and down in the World for many Years, and suffered divers Hardships, and grand Affronts, at last came, by the gracious Providence of God into a small Isle, neither did he travel alone, but like a high-born Prince, (tho' in a state of exile for many Years past) he had some Servants to attend and wait upon him, who loved him▪ and his great Masters as their own Souls, and above their natural Lives: their ⟨p. 67⟩Names were True-faith, Heavenly new-man, Innocency, Humility, Sincerity, Temperance, Sobriety, Faithful, New-obedience, Hope-well, True-love, Blessed-experience, Excellent-knowledge, Christian-courage, Vehement-desire, Godly-zeal, &c. with many more. Now, after he had been there, and was in great esteem & honour for divers years, yet about Forty Years ago, lo, on a sudden, a black Cloud came over him, and a new War was raised upon him, and upon all his real Friends, Servants and Favourites, which God permitted, to fulfil an ancient Prophecy, for the Slaughter of the two Witnesses, Rev. 11. and so if possible, utterly suppress, root out, and destroy true Godliness; and in order to the accomplishing of this, there were let into the said Isle a multitude of out-landish Men, called Babylonians, being Natives of a great City, called by that Name; so that the said Island, by this means, was called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was spiritually Crucified.