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A36329 Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolitel. Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707. 1666 (1666) Wing D1895; ESTC R35664 157,743 310

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thy_o heart_n to_o keep_v thou_o from_o sin_n than_o before_o thou_o be_v so_o much_o worse_a than_o thou_o be_v before_o though_o abstain_v from_o sin_n upon_o such_o account_n do_v not_o prove_v the_o truth_n of_o grace_n yet_o the_o commit_n of_o sin_n notwithstanding_o these_o do_v argue_v growth_n of_o sin_n now_o these_o humane_a argument_n that_o do_v former_o restrain_v thou_o be_v such_o as_o these_o 1._o shame_n among_o man_n thou_o have_v a_o inclination_n to_o wicked_a company_n but_o thou_o be_v ashamed_a to_o be_v see_v among_o they_o and_o therefore_o do_v not_o associate_v with_o they_o but_o now_o thou_o think_v it_o no_o shame_n or_o if_o thou_o do_v thou_o have_v a_o face_n of_o brass_n and_o a_o heart_n of_o stone_n and_o blush_v not_o thou_o be_v worse_o 2._o care_v of_o reputation_n thou_o be_v tender_a of_o thy_o credit_n and_o good_a name_n and_o though_o thou_o have_v a_o love_n unto_o some_o sin_n that_o will_v have_v disgrace_v thou_o among_o man_n yet_o now_o thou_o will_v blot_v thy_o name_n and_o lose_v thy_o credit_n and_o sacrifice_v thy_o reputation_n to_o satisfy_v thy_o lust_n 3._o costliness_n of_o sin_n some_o sin_n be_v very_o chargeable_a and_o call_v for_o great_a expense_n and_o thy_o love_n to_o thy_o money_n and_o natural_a affection_n to_o thy_o wife_n and_o child_n be_v a_o bar_n which_o do_v restrain_v thou_o from_o they_o thou_o will_v not_o feed_v and_o satisfy_v thy_o filthy_a lust_n because_o it_o will_v be_v chargeable_a to_o thou_o thou_o refrain_v from_o riotous_a prodigal_n because_o company_n with_o they_o will_v waste_v thy_o estate_n but_o now_o thou_o think_v no_o cost_n too_o great_a no_o charge_n too_o much_o that_o thou_o may_v have_v thy_o fill_n of_o sin_n but_o trade_v and_o labour_v and_o work_v to_o get_v something_o to_o maintain_v thy_o lust_n and_o will_v rather_o that_o thy_o wife_n and_o child_n shall_v want_v bread_n at_o home_n than_o thou_o shall_v not_o have_v enough_o to_o spend_v upon_o thy_o sin_n abroad_o thou_o be_v now_o grow_v to_o a_o exceed_a magnitude_n in_o sin_n that_o thou_o be_v monstrous_a to_o beholder_n 4._o health_n of_o body_n such_o sin_n that_o tend_v to_o the_o impair_n of_o thy_o health_n thou_o will_v not_o commit_v thou_o do_v refrain_v not_o so_o much_o because_o they_o will_v damn_v thy_o soul_n as_o destroy_v thy_o body_n thou_o think_v excessive_v drink_v will_v shorten_v thy_o life_n and_o hasten_v thy_o death_n and_o bring_v thou_o soon_o to_o thy_o grave_n that_o act_n of_o uncleanness_n will_v fill_v thou_o full_a of_o loathsome_a disease_n and_o leave_v some_o mark_n upon_o thy_o body_n whereby_o thou_o will_v be_v note_v for_o a_o unclean_a adulterer_n but_o now_o thou_o will_v venture_v health_n and_o life_n and_o all_o that_o thou_o may_v more_o free_o sin_n and_o the_o very_a food_n thou_o eare_v be_v now_o not_o only_o to_o nourish_v thy_o body_n but_o to_o provoke_v thou_o to_o lust_n very_o thou_o be_v much_o worse_a than_o 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