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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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CHAP. X.
Showing how Godliness came to one Mr. Formalist's Door, who bid him very welcome; but he suspecting his integrity, and that he harboured divers grand enemies of his, particularly one Hypocrisy, refused to go in: Also how Hypocrisy came to be discovered; wherein you have his Character, or a clear and compendious description of him; showing likewise how Mr. Formalist at last refused to entertain True Godliness.
Shewing how Godliness came to one Mr. Formalist's Door, who bid him very welcome; but he suspecting his integrity, and that he harboured divers grand enemies of his, particularly one Hypocrisy, refused to go in: Also how Hypocrisy came to be discovered; wherein you have his Character, or a clear and compendious description of him; shewing likewise how Mr. Formalist at last refused to entertain True Godliness.
Godliness being (as I told you) informed, that there was another great professor living in this Village or Town of Religion, he thought it was convenient for him to see whether he might not get a Lodging in his House, because he was a Man whom all the Neighbourhood said had a great love to true Godliness; nay, many verily thought he had a long time taken up his Lodging with him, and wondered when they heard him ask for his House, (for by that means they perceived he was a stranger to him) but it was a considerable time before he could find where he dwelt. For it appeared he was called by another Name, viz. Devotion; but at last coming by one Man's Door, and by another, he heard a Man at Prayer, and he spoke so loud that all who walked along the Streets, with much ease might hear him; he then presently concluded, it was very ⟨p. 94⟩probable he might dwell there; and to his Door he came, and knocked as he used to do, and was soon heard.