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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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Godly. Conscience, 1I do require you in the Fear of God, to answer me a Question or two concerning your Master: Doth he not secretly lodge and hide one in his House called Hypocrisy? For I very much suspect him herein to be guilty: What do you say?
Godli. Conscience, 1I do require you in the Fear of God, to answer me a Question or two concerning your Master: Doth he not secretly lodge and hide one in his House called Hypocrisy? For I very much suspect him herein to be guilty: What do you say?
- 1Conscience appealed to about Hypocrisy.
Consci. Sir, if you please to give me his Character, or give me some certain Signs of his Behaviour and Properties, whereby I may know him, I will faithfully discover all that I understand as touching this Matter.
Godly. Conscience I thank you, you speak like an honest Man, and indeed I have always found you impartial, according to your Light. I will then give you such a Description of this subtle and deceitful Enemy of mine, that you cannot well mistake; and this I shall do, by propounding a few Questions to you. First, Sir, Was he ever thoroughly wounded in the Sense of Sin, as 'tis Sin, being convinced of the ugly and abominable Nature thereof; there being nothing in all the World more hateful to God than that, not only convinced of the Evil which does attend it, or is the Fruit of it, but also of that cursed Evil there is in it, it being utterly contrary to the holy and pure Nature of God, a Breach of his Law, and that which hath made a Breach between God and Man, and basety defaced the Image of God if him, and is the absolute Cause of all that abominable Enmity that is in his Heart against God and me his blessed Off-spring; and also makes Man in love with the