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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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Worldly-Cares proved as great an Enemy to Consideration as any of them, for he could not seriously muse, nor think upon Eternity, or the present Condition his poor Soul was in; he was so hurried in his Mind about the Affairs of this Life: Nay, no sooner at any Season that he set himself to ruminate or ponder them in his Mind, but worldly Cares would expel and drive such Thoughts away.
Worldly-Cares proved as great an Enemy to Consideration as any of them, for he could not seriously muse, nor think upon Eternity, or the present Condition his poor Soul was in; he was so hurried in his Mind about the Affairs of this Life: Nay, no sooner at any Season that he set himself to ruminate or ponder them in his Mind, but worldly Cares would expell and drive such Thoughts away.
Old Companions and carnal Company did greatly abuse Consideration, by endeavouring to make him out of Love with a virtuous Life: These laboured to fawn him into Misery, and to tickle him into an Eternity of Torment; they turned Religion and Godliness into a Jest, and made the Precepts of the Gospel Matter for Raillery, and told him, that those Men that seemed most serious, were the most seditious, and that their Profession savoured of nothing but of Pride, Singularity and Hypocrisy.
Old Companions and carnal Company did greatly abuse Consideration, by endeavouring to make him out of Love with a virtuous Life: These laboured to fawn him into Misery, and to tickle him into an Eternity of Torment; they turn'd Religion and Godliness into a Jest, and made the Precepts of the Gospel Matter for Railery, and told him, that those Men that seemed most serious, were the most seditious, and that their Profession savoured of nothing but of Pride, Singularity and Hypocrisy.
Now, after they had spoke their Pleasure, and almost silenced, nay, quite routed poor Consideration: His Mind was filled and hurried about many Things; which Godliness, though not yet let in, overheard, and presently took them all up, and answered them one by one.