to Travel into some other Countrey amongst People if he could find such who were not so abominably wicked however not such visible and open Enemies to him as others were And he thought within himself it might be his best way to bend his Course towards Jerusalem for hitherto he hath wandred up and down the Confines of Assyria Edwna Spiritual Sodom and Egypt but so it fell out before he entred into the Salem he perceived a Village lying near the City and the Name of that Town he understood was Religion a place much frequented by all true Sioners for so the Inhabitants of the City Jerusalem are called Now he presently made up thither and being informed that one Mr. Legalist lived at the Towns end near Mount Sinai he resolved to give him a Visit and immediately came to his Door where with great earnestness he knocked and he being within spoke to this purpose Legal Who is at my Door Godli Sir a stranger to you though your very good Friend and one who would gladly have a Lodging in your House Legal What is your Name Godli Sir my Name is True Godliness Legal I wonder much you should say you are a stranger to me whereas I have been so long time acquainted with you and know you so well Godli Sir 't is your great mistake for I am sure you know me not nor were you ever yet acquainted with me Legal What do I not know True Godliness this is strange do not you and I converse together every day Godli Sir I am not the person you take me for there is one or two more who go sometimes by my Name and 't is very probable you may be acquainted with one of them pray what are his manners what Doctrine I mean doth he teach you for by that I shall know who it is Legal Why Sir he teaches me to keep the Commandments of God to lead a Righteous Life to do unto all men as I would they should do unto me Godli O Sir that is my Friend and honest Neighbour Morality one that I love very well and I am sure 't is your great Ignorance to take him for me he will not say his Name is True Godliness for though in some things we are a little alike I teaching the same Doctrine you mention yet we differ exceedingly in many things First we herein agree he saies you must keep God's Commands I say so too 2. He saies you must be righteous I say the like And 3. That you must do unto all men as you would have them do to you I say the very same it being my Masters own Doctrine Legal Why wherein then Sir pray do you differ Godli He teaches you to seek for Justification by doing but I only by believing he by keeping the Law or by living a sober and honest Life I by Gods Free Grace through the Merits of Christ Legal What is that Friend you say are we not required to keep the Law of God Godli No Sir you ought to keep it as far as you are able though not as it is the Law of Works but as 't is the Law of Christ but you must not look for Righteousness and Justification by your keeping ths Law in any sence it was on this very Block the Jews of Old stumbled and were broken in pieces because you have sinned and daily do break the Law and the least transgression thereof exposeth you to the wrath and curse of God Legal I know I cannot perfectly keep the Law but I will do by the help of God what I can and wherein I through weakness do transgress the Lord is merciful and I trust he will forgive me Godli Forgive you Why he hath said he will in no wise clear the guilty moreover what the Law saith it saith to them that are under the Law that all mouths may be stopped and the whole world become guilty before God Legal What do you say will not God forgive me who am a penitent person O what a horrible Doctrine is this I believe he will not forgive the impenitent and they are such guilty ones only that the Scripture speaks of Godli Mistake not Sir all are guilty all have broke the Law all are under sin and wrath 't is not your Repentance will do God will not forgive any man let him be who he will except he believes in Jesus Christ and takes hold of the Merits of his Blood for as by the deeds of the Law no flesh shall be justified so God will not pardon your sins notwithstanding your Repentance as a simple act of his Mercy unless you fly to him through Christ who hath satisfied his Justice for what you say renders Christs glorious undertakings void and unnecessary and so does cast a great reflection upon the wisdom of God in sending his Son into the World Legal How do you make that appear Godli Do you not say you 'll do what you can to keep the Law and wherein you transgress God will through his Mercy forgive you now if God doth accept of your obedience in keeping the Law and forgive all your deviations as a simple act of his Mercy and that hereby you are justified and accepted by him why then did he send Jesus Christ into the World to die the cursed death of the Cross For if by this way Righteousness and Salvation is attainable it is evident Christ is dead in vain for could not God have done all this if Christ had never come Thou art a wretched creature and therefore look to Christ or thou art undone Legal Why do you tell me of Christ do you take me to be a sinner like other men Am I as this Publican I have all my daies lived a holy and blameless life and therefore shall be justified Godli I am ashamed of you you have 't is evident a slight esteem of Christ Legal Nay Sir do not mistake me neither I do not think my Righteousness justifies me any otherwise than through the Merits of Christ Godli Sir you erre exceedingly 't is not your personal Righteousness no not through Christs Merits that does Justifie but the personal Righteousness of Christ received by Faith alone Alas now you discover indeed what a great stranger you are to me you are one of those Just men it seems that never went astray or righteous ones that Christ came not to call Alas I alwaies do declare and testifie that all men must perish without Faith in Christ Doth not the text positively say He that believeth not shall be damned He that hath the Son hath Life and he that hath not the Son shall not see Life but the wrath of God abides upon him Sir there is no other Name given under heaven whereby men can be saved Another foundation can no man lay than that which is laid which is Jesus Christ. Come let me into your house and I will expel these dark Clouds and teach you another kind of Doctrine I
to open the door to me he is a great enemy to Sloth and Idleness causing men to watch their hearts and keep the door of their mouths he makes them rise betimes in the morning to call upon God and to read God's Word and pry into it very diligently and also to do what they can to brydle all the unruly passions of their hearts he will cause thee to incline thy ear to what Conscience saies and make thee tremble at his Reproofs and Accusations when you sin against God if you will but take his Councel He will also cause thee to go to hear Sermons and not to sleep when you come there nor neglect nor slight Convictions nor be careless and remiss in any duty and will put thee in a way to kill the Old-man with all his deeds Thoughtful O Sir this is the Friend I want and blessed be God I have found him I am resolved to make use of his help and assistance continually Now Old-man look to your self Laborious I hope will do your Business and I shall quickly prevail and open the door to True Godliness Upon this he became very diligent in attending upon all the means of Grace Moreover by the help of Endeavour he cut off some one or two of the Members of Old-man that cursed body of sin and prayed Morning and Evening eschewing all open Prophaneness and scandalous Sins and would not speak at random with his Tongue nor neglect to hear one good Sermon if possible he could get an opportunity and became mighty just in all his dealings and commerce with men But soon upon this Apollyon by the treachery of Old-man raised up another Enemy which had almost insensibly undone him his Name was Self-righteousness a very great Enemy to True Godliness which Godliness soon perceived and called upon him to open the door for it appears he had not received him yet Godli Thoughtful What is the cause of this great neglect what shall I not yet be received O what a long time have I stood at your Door what is the matter now Thoughtful Truly Sir I concluded now the door had been open by the help of my good Friend Laborious for I have done what he required of me Godli No no Thoughtful I am still kept out Wilful Will and Old-man have beguiled you and have let in another dangerous Enemy whose name is Self-righteousness this was he that quite undid poor Legalist and will ruine you too if you take not heed I would not have you to slight Endeavour but not to make an Idol of Endeavour If you be found in your own Righteousness you will be lost by your own unrighteousness Duties can never have too much of your diligence nor too little of your dependance 't is not the salt Seas of thy own Tears but the Red Sea of Christ's Blood must wash away thy sins You owe the life of your Soul to the death of your Saviour If you have no better Righteousness than what is of your own providing you will meet with no higher happiness than what is of you own deserving you must take up duties in point of performance but lay them all down again in point of dependance There is as much cause to fear you now as ever there was before what will you do Thoughtful Lord help me what shall I do indeed O how are many deceived who think it is an easie thing to be saved sure I shall never obtain to a state of Grace and true Conversion Upon this a melancholly and very dangerous fellow called Despond fell upon him and almost knock'd him down nay I perceive he broke some of his Bones wounding him so grievously that he was left a bleeding in such a sort that he concluded there was no hope of life At this he was wonderfully overwhelmed with trouble and that which grieved him most of all was to think that all this time not only True Godliness but Christ himself also waited at his door Godliness perceiving what a sad condition he was in spake to him after this manner Godliness Poor Thoughtful do not give way to Apollyon that cursed Prince of Darkness for 't is he who hath stirred up that cruel enemy Despond to take away thy Life that bloody villain hath sent many thousand Souls to Hell Come though thy own Righteousness is worth nothing being but like filthy rags yet Christ's Righteousness is sufficient to cover thee and his Blood to heal all thy Wounds Your great business is to believe viz. Wholly to go out of your self and relye upon Christ's blessed Merits and know assuredly that that very moment you do cast your self by a lively act of faith upon Jesus Christ I shall come into your House Thoughtful Christ's Righteousness hath more worth in it to save you and raise you up to Heaven than your own Unrighteousness has weight to cast you down to Hell You say you are a great black and bloody sinner but you can be but a sinner and Christ died for sinners and never any threw themselves by an act of true faith upon him but were saved by him alas he died for the chiefest of sinners and do you not hear him say Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Sir He that believes not makes God a liar for he hath said in his Son There is life and Salvation for you and all that come to God by him Thoughtf O that I could believe my sins my sins No sooner had Godliness shewed him what it was to open the door and laid before him the necessity of Faith in order to union with God but Apollyon with the Old Man and other cursed enemies began to cause dreadful Combustions in his house for nothing doth the Devil fear more than true Faith and Thoughtful finding it very hard to believe Wilful-will being such a stubborn crooked and perverse fellow also Apollyon tryed his skill many other wayes to undo him so that he was hard beset but when Apollyon saw none of those wayes were like to do he laid before him the outward danger he would be in if True Godliness was embraced he told him he was like to suffer great Persecution it being the portion of all who entertained True Godliness in so much that his very life might be in danger but Godliness comforted him sweetly with many precious promises telling him also he had such a glorious Retinue to attend him which he would bring into his House with him that he need not to fear any difficulty provided that he would but let him in but he seeing he was not able to open the door his enemies being too strong for him notwithstanding his own strength To his joy he told him there was one friend of his whom if he could prevail with to come into his assistance he would soon make the way clear and open the door Who is that said Thoughtful Godliness then discovered immediately the excellency of his
Content Hast thou God for thy God Christ for thy Saviour the Holy Spirit for thy Comforter and yet not Content Nay doth God Christ and the Holy Spirit dwell with thee and yet not Content Hast thou received True Godlinesses glorious Retinue into thy house to abide with thee to enrich thee strengthen thee to comfort thee and make thy life sweet to thee and yet not Content Are thy sins pradon'd thy soul justified hast thou Union and Communion with the Father and Son and yet not Content Is thy Name writ in the Book of Life shalt thou dwell with God and Christ for ever is Heaven thy Inheritance art thou an Heir of a Crown and Kingdom that fadeth not away and yet not Content Nay let me tell thee all these things and many more are absolutely thine with Contentment Come are thou willing to possess them to make them thy own and to enjoy them for ever yea or no if thou wouldst be sure of them then get Contentment to dwell with thee for Godliness with Contentment is great gain 1 Tim. 6.6 It doth not say Godliness without Contentment but with Contentment 'T is this glorious Prince it appears who puts thee into the sure possession of all true happiness and yet not Content Thirdly Ponder saith Consideration upon the excellency of Contentment for a Saint never looks like himself acts like himself acts like a person of such Rank and Quality a person who hath received so many glorious and excellent Graces and Priviledges but when in all conditions he is therewith contented Fourthly Ponder saith Consideration upon the Evils of Discontent Oh what dishonour doth it bring unto God! what reproach to True Godliness and what great wrong to thy own Soul Fifthly 'T is below thy Christian Relation saith Consideration to be discontent It was the Speech of Jonadab to Amon why art thou being a King's Son lean from day to day But that was as one observes for a wicked Cause he saw his Spirit was troubled for otherwise he was fat enough 'T is below thy Relation to God who is thy Portion thy Shield thy Sanctuary thy Father David thought it no small matter to be a Son-in-Law to an Earthly King and art thou the King's Son of Heaven and Earth and yet not content 'T is beâ—ow thy relation to Jesus Christ What art thou the Spouse of Christ a Member of Christ the Brother and Friend of Christ an Heir with Christ and yet not content 'T is below thy relation to the holy Ghost Is he thy Comforter Guide Witness Strength and art not content 't is below thy relation to the holy Angels who are thy Guard thy Attendance thy Friends thy Watchmen Hast thou Millions of those glorious Spirits to minister to thee to fight for thee keep thee in all thy wayes and yet not content 'T is below thy relation to the Saints and heavenly family Art thou brought home then to sit down with them to partake of all the sacred priviledges of God's House with them and to have a share in all their prayers and yet not content 'T is below the high and sovereign dignity thou art raised to Art thou born from above a Prince a Favourite of Heaven an Heir of both Worlds and yet not content Sixthly 'T is below those Graces Divine helps and endowments thou hast received Art thou in the Covenant of Grace Has God tyed and bound himself by promises and holy Oath to help thee uphold thee and keep thee from falling and yet not Content Is thy Eternal Estate secur'd art thou made sure of Heaven and yet discontented Lastly Consider all thy affictions troubles and sorrows are nothing in comparison of what other Saints have met with nay to those Jesus Christ met with himself for thy sake and art not content besides are they not less than thy sins deserve and yet not content nay and all those hard things thou meetest with God will cause to work for thy good and yet not content all the bitter things thou art ever like to meet with will be in this World nothing but sweet hereafter and yet not content all thy troubles will be soon gone they are but for a moment besides they are intermixt with much sweet and yet not content nay and all thy sorrows will be turned into joy and all tears will be wip'd off from thine eyes and yet not content No sooner had Consideration laid all these things and many others of like nature before him but lo to his eternal joy Contentment came in and was immediately gloriously welcomed by Godlinesses heavenly Retinue yea it cannot be imagined what rejoycing now there was in poor Thoughtful's house it would do also ones heart good to see how the scattered powers of the enemy were forced to fly into holes Apollyon himself was fain to pull in his horn Despond was vanquished cursed Disquiet and Murmur could find no more place in his house O this to him was the day of dayes Upon this perceiving Glorious Content with Triumph was entred into his house to dwell with the rest of True Godliness's heavenly Retinue and that there was now nothing wanting to make his life life comfortable here and happy hereafter he fell a singing of sweet Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving to God A sweet Hymn of Praise 1. True Godliness is come to me And with him also lo I see His glorious Train who will attend My precious soul unto the End No day like this hath ever bin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 2. I love thee and admire thee too What Work remains thou'lt help me do My chiefest business it is done Possess the house which thou hast won The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 3. What 's this don 't boast what can it be Remains there still an enemy Have I o'er come all deadly foes And shall this Old-man me oppose The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 4. I shall I 'm sure be rid of thee And then how happy shall I be When Godliness in me doth reign Alone with his most glorious Train And not a foe dares once appear O then what Triumphs shall I hear 5. Can man on Earth more happy be I Peace possess I Glory see God and Christ with me do dwell I 'm sure of Heaven sav'd from Hell The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in FINIS BOOKS Printed for and are to be Sold by John Dunton at the Black Raven in the Poultrey over against the Stocks-Market London Note Those Books that are mark'd with a Hand are lately Printed Folio A General Martyrology containing a Collection of all the greatest Persecutions which have befaln the Church of Christ from the Creation to our present Times wherein is given an exact Account of the Protestants Sufferings in Queen Maries Reign whereunto is added the Lives of 32 English Divines famous in their Generations for Learning and Piety and most of them
THE TRAVELS OF TRUE Godliness FROM THE Beginning of the World to this present Day in an apt and Pleasant ALLEGORY SHEWING The Troubles Oppositions Reproaches and Persecutions he hath met with in every Age. TOGETHER WITH The Danger he seems to be in at this present Time by Vice Papistry and other Grand Enemies Also where he makes his last and final Abode By B. K. Author of War with the Devil and Sion in Distress The Third Edition carefully Corrected London Printed for John Dunton at the Raven over against the Stocks-Market MDCLXXXIV London Printed for Iohn Dunton at the Black Rauen In the Poultrey over against y e stocks market 1683 Babilon Apostates Apostate Godlines Knowledge Faith Love â—incerity Order discipline Thoughtfull Religion Ierusalem THE EPISTLE TO THE READER IN this Tract is shewed the many Snares and Temptation that attend both Riches and Poverty Youth and Old-Age together with the chief Reason why most Men of all Ranks and Qualities are such great strangers to True Godliness The Legalist and Formal Hypocrite may also here see the danger they are in Moreover True Godliness is opened in his own primitive Internal and External Beauty and Glory being vindicated from all those foul Calumnies and Reproaches cast upon him in this and former Ages With his sad Lamentation in respect of the prevailing power of Vice Ungodlines and that great danger he seems now to be in by Papistry and other Enemies Also the usefulness and necessity of Consideration and the Creatures utmost care and diligence in order to their Conversion is clearly evinced with the chief means nature and excellency thereof Together with the cause and dismal Consequences of Apostacy c. If thou art a Saint read with delight but if thou art an Enemy to True Godliness read and tremble For the happy estate of the one and the miserable condition of the other is here set out before your eyes In this Treatise you may see the little cause the one has to mourn in the worst of Times and the other to rejoyce what times soever they live in I hope none will be offended because True Godliness is here presented in an Allegory sith the Holy Scriptures abound with them and so fully justifie our practce herein However 't is now exposed to publick view and since it hath its Birth in such a juncture as this I expect it will meet with different entertainment but whatsoever censures it passeth under yet if but one soul reaps real benefit by it it will requite me for my pains I can say it hath been sweet to me in writing God grant it may prove so to thee in reading and I shall say no more but shall leave it to the Blessing of Jehovah in whom I still remain through infinite Grace Thy Souls Friend and Servant B. Keach THE TRAVELS OF TRUE GODLINESS CHAP. I. Shewing what true Godliness is as also his Pedigree Original and Antiquity TRUE Godliness being of late as well as in former daies become so great a stranger to most men and indeed not known but by a very few in the World I shall in the first place before I Treat of his Travels and of the Entertainment he meets with where he comes give you a description of him and the rather because many persons I perceive are subject to so great an errour as to take Mortality for him and others out of ignorance to say no worse Rail and ignominiously call and abuse him by the names of Singularity Stubbornness Pride and Rebellion as if he were not fit to live or have a being in the World he being rendered a make-bate a seditious and common disturber of all Kingdoms Cities Towns and Villages wheresoever he comes and is entertained Yea such a factious and quarrelsome companion that he is indeed the only cause and stirrer up of all those unhappy differences divisions troubles and miseries that are this day in the world This being so I conclude nothing is more necessary than to take off that ugly Mask or Visard which his implacable enemies have put upon him and clear him of all those soul and unjust slanders and cursed reproaches of the Sons of Belial that so he may appear in his own original primitive and spotless Innocency that none may be afraid of him or be unwilling to entertain him nor ashamed to own him and make him their bosome-companion Know ye therefore in the first place That Godliness consists in the true and right knowledg of Divine Truths or fundamental principles of the Gospel which all men ought to know and be established in that would be saved without Controversie great is the mystery of Godliness God manifested in the flesh justified in the Spirit seen of Angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the World and received up to Glory These great Truths of the Christian Religion are called Godliness many men conclude 't is no matter what faith or principle they hold and cleave to provided they do but live a sober and honest life doing to all men as they would be done unto supposing that the whole of Religion and Godliness consists in these things but alass they are greatly mistaken Godliness is another kind of thing than they imagine it is impossible to receive or entertain True Godliness whilst we shut out of doors the Essentials of the Christian Religion and instead thereof imbrace Superstition Errour and Heresie there being damning principles as well as damning practices 2 Pet. 1.2 3. Now should any demand further to hear more particularly what those principles of divine truths or fundamentals of Christian Faith be which are the Essentials of True Godliness 1. I answer the Doctrine of the Blessed Trinity or the three distinct Subsistances in the Glorious Deity 2. The Unity of the two natures in the person of Christ viz. that he is really God and man in one person David's Lord and yet David's Son David's Root and yet David's Off-spring 3. The Doctrine of Attonement or that plenary satisfaction and reconcilliation the Lord Jesus hath made by his glorious understaning on man's behalf 4. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith alone or the imputation of Christs Righteousnes to those who do believe 5. The Doctrine of Regeneration Resurrection Judgment the World to come c. Now I say in the true knowledg of these and such like principles of divine truths and being truly established in the stedfast belief thereof does True Godliness in part consist But secondly Godliness as to his inward and more hidden parts and power is a holy conformity to these sacred and divine principles which natural men may understand Religion by but True Godliness consists in the light of supernatural truths and life of Grace God manifesting himself in the light of those glorious principles and working the life of supernatural grace in the soul by the Holy Ghost it consists in the saving and experimental knowledg of God and Jesus Christ in having all the evil
not being like to find Entertainment any where since Riches and Poverty both had refused to receive him yet he was resolved to pursue his Journey not being without hopes of finding his dear Friend at last called Consideration whom he sought for and coming into a famous City where one Youth dwelt could not tell but he might meet with him at his House calling to mind what kindness Young Joseph Moses Samuel David Obadiah Josias John and Timothy of Old and many others had shewed him and therefore came boldly to his Door and desired Entertainment Now it appears this Youngster was a great Gallant but though he had been brought up to Learning and lived in a place where the Gospel was powerfully preached yet was very ignorant as touching the best things though very complisant And after Godliness had in a grave and sober manner desired a Lodging with him he asked him what he was as also his Name Godli Sir I am a Person of Noble Descent being nearly Allâ—ed to a great and mighty Prince and my Name is True Godliness being by him sent to Travel hither to commend his Soveraign Grace and Clemency unto the Inhabitants of thâ— City and I have also brought along with me as Tokens of his Eternal Favour and good Will to such who will receive me very rich Presents and I shall bestow them on you if you will be pleased to Entertain me Youth Your most Humble Servant I must confess I have read and heard much of you but why do you choose to take up your lodging in my House there being many Grave and Ancient Gentlemen near I know not but you seem to be one whose Company would better suit Men of Riper Years Godli Sir my Master gave me orders to commend his Princely Grace and Favour unto you if your Name is Youth besides he hath chosen your House for my Lodging above others nay and he hath made more Blessed Promises upon your kind and loving Reception of me than he hath to any besides in the World Have you not read that Word I love them that love me and they that seek me early shall find me And that Word Seek first the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you Matth. 6. 33. Youth As for those other things I need them not I have enough of the World Godli Aye Sir but you want my Masters Righteousness and also a part in his Kingdom and those are some of those Glorious Commodities I have to bestow upon you if you will Entertain me Youth Aye there it is I perceive I must Entertain you if I would have them but I tell you plainly your Company does not suit with my Age why should you force your self upon me Godliness Why would you have a part in the Righteousness of Christ and in his Kingdom and not receive True Godliness No Sir that will never be you must believe in him and lead a Godly Life or you will have no Lot nor Part in this Matter He that believeth not shall be Damned Mark 16.16 Youth Pray Sir do not trouble me you are going to preach Godliness 'T is sad you should think I trouble you because I desire you to let me have a Lodging with you Yoâ—th Sir you will spoil all my pleasure and sensual delights if I entertain you I know your Manners well enough You will cause me also to turn out of my House my familiar Friends and Consorts that rejoyce my heart in these youthful daies of mine Now those he called his Friends were these following Pride Wanton Vain-glory Love-lust Ambition Gay-clothes Toss-pot Gamester Please-friend Time-server Scornful Hate-good and Scoffer Godliness Young man believe me those pleasures and delights which your heart is so much set upon are bruitish and very hateful to God and do also debase your noble Soul which is of a sublime Extraction Nay furthermore hear what wise Solomon saith Rejoice O Young-man in the daies of thy Youth and walk in the waies of thy heart and in the sight of thine eyes May be you will say O this is brave I but after the flash of Lightning comes a clap of Thunder enough to make you quake But know that for all these things God will bring thee to Judgment Your sweet Meat young man is like to have sowr Sauce you will pay dear at last for all your sensual pleasures and vanities Youth But for all your haste wise Solomon made trial of all the delights of the Children of men before he condemned them and so will I too as far as I can Godliness 'T is true Solomon did so and doth he not by the sad experience he had of them tell you all was vanity and vexation of Spirit Come Sir you had better believe the Poyson in the Cup is deadly than to taste of it Youth Sir pray speak no more I have not sowed all my Wild Oats yet let me alone Godliness Wild Oats indeed Come let me perswade you to sow no more of them for 't is but sowing to the Flesh and he that soweth to the Flesh shall of the Flesh reap Corruption You had better far to sow to the Spirit And now I will tell you what a kind of Crop you will have at Harvest by sowing that cursed Seed which you call Wild Oats unless by Repentance you pluck them all up again Youth Why Sir what a Crop shall I reap Godliness You are like in the first place to reap here in this World a Crop of loathsome Diseases for Drunkenness Rioting and Whoring doth commonly produce that Secondly you will reap a Crop of Infamy and Reproach for sin is the shame of any People or particular Soul and it will be much if you reap not a Crop of Want and Beggary too in the end Thirdly You will reap a Crop of horrible and unsupportable Guilt by which means your Conscience will torment and lash you after such a sort that you will not be able to endure it unless you go on in these ungodly courses so long until he is feared with a hot Iron and then you will reap a Crop of a hard obdurate and impenitent Heart Fourthly You will reap a full Crop of all manner of foul and detestable Filth and Pollution yea such Corruption that will cause God to loath your Soul Fifthly You will reap also a Crop of all the fearful Plagues and Curses that are in the Book of God pronounced against wicked and ungodly Sinners Sixthly and lastly At the great and terrible day of Judgment you will reap a full Crop of Gods eternal Wrath and Vengeance a Crop of brinish though fruitless Tears Groans and endless Torments in Hell fire Now if you like to gather in at Harvest such Crops as these go on and sow your Wild Oats plentifully Youth Sir I intend to sow other Seed hereafter I desire only liberty for the Flesh in these my Youthful daies If