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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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and is it any marvel then, that the Mysteries of the Gospel, or the deep things of God, are above Man's humane Reason to conceive of them, so as to comprehend them? Yet know, tho' these Mysteries are above humane Reason, they are not against Reason to believe them: Is it not reasonable that Men believe what the God of Truth affirms, and the eternal Father, Son and Spirit bear Record unto? These Wretches would not have you to sell all you have, and give it to the poor, yet you know the Lord Jesus Christ gave that Counsel to a Rich Man; and if you do not part with all in your Love and Affection, and actually when God calls for it, you can be no true Christian, because you do not love God with all your Heart, nor above your Gold and Silver, or earthly Riches. Moreover, if you will not choose to become a fool in the Esteem of carnal Men, you can never be truly wise; see 1 Cor. 3.18. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise: Let the wise Men of Reason account you a fool, if you are spiritually wise, wise unto Salvation, matter not how you are called and censured by such whom Satan has blinded: Doth not the Apostle say, that the world by wisdom knew not God. And then, as touching your Servant Unbelief, he is such a bloody and devouring Monster, that he hath sent Millions to Hell, by hindering them from believing what God hath said in his Word, touching his Grace and Clemency to true Believers, and his Wrath and Vengeance to the impenitent and unbelieving Soul; he will not suffer you to Believe nor give Credit to that Word, If any man loves the world, the love of the father is not in him, 1 John 2.15. Nor to that Word, Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God, John 3.3. And he that believeth not, ⟨p. 32⟩shall be damned; Mark 16.16. And many like dreadful Sentences, which he will not suffer you to regard, nor give the least credit to; and thus he teaches you to make God a liar, for he hath said, You shall without true faith, be damned, and perish in your sins; but he says, ye shall be saved though ye live in your sins. As to what Ignorance says, that you may purchase or merit peace of conscience, by giving more liberally to the poor, and that may also make you friends of the mammon of unrighteousness;