Mid-night thoughts, writ, as some think, by a London-Whigg, or, a Westminster-Tory, others think by a Quaker, or, a Jesuit: but call him what they please, they may find him a true penitent of the church of Christ.
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Mid-night thoughts, writ, as some think, by a London-Whigg, or, a Westminster-Tory, others think by a Quaker, or, a Jesuit: but call him what they please, they may find him a true penitent of the church of Christ.
Author
Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695.
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London :: printed for Benj. clark, bookseller, in George-Yard in Lombard-street,
1682.
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Subject terms
Jesus Christ -- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Mid-night thoughts, writ, as some think, by a London-Whigg, or, a Westminster-Tory, others think by a Quaker, or, a Jesuit: but call him what they please, they may find him a true penitent of the church of Christ." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47386.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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descriptionPage 6
VI.
MOst men do forget that our greatest
affair on Earth, is to serve God
frequently, diligently, and publickly to
own him; in the first place to secure our
blessed Eternity by his favour, while we
have time to do it: And in the second place,
to follow our Callings for a Subsistance, by
his providence prospering our labour du∣ring
our abode here: But we do often in∣vert
this, by doing quite contrary all our
Lives; by hungring and thirsting after
perishing Goods, and serving God at spare
times only, as our least concern; until the
Agonies of a Death-bed shews our mistake
too late. For it is a great presumption to
neglect God all our days, and expect a
Crown of Glory at our last gasp, as a re∣ward
for our neglect; it is dangerous to
provoke God so.
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