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A Serious Call To A Devout And Holy Life

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Keil & Delitzsch
Matthew Henry

by William Law

*Edited Version

The text has been edited, and both the orthography and the punctuation have been conformed to American conventions.

This electronic version has been especially edited by those at truthaccordingtoscripture.com, updating some of the early modern English expressions to modern English, in order to make the text more comprehensible to the modern reader. Care has been taken not to alter the author's original thought and meaning of the text. The changes are as follows:

Unless otherwise noted all Scripture references have been updated using the text of the ESV bible translation. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service

Roman numeral scripture references have been converted to Arabic.

Archaic words, phrases, and spellings have been updated. The following is an example:

[Original sentence] You will find that riches, prosperity, pleasures, indulgences, state equipages, and honour, are just as much the happiness of Eusebius as they are of Leo. And yet if Christianity has not changed a man's mind and temper with relation to these things, what can we say that it has done for him? For if the doctrines of Christianity were practised, they would make a man as different from other people, as to all worldly tempers, sensual pleasures, and the pride of life, as a wise man is different from a natural;

[Updated sentence] You will find that riches, prosperity, pleasures, indulgences, status, and honor, are just as much the happiness of Eusebius as they are of Leo. And yet if Christianity has not changed a man's mind and nature with relation to these things, what can we say that it has done for him? For if the doctrines of Christianity were practiced, they would make a man as different from other people, as to all worldly dispositions, sensual pleasures, and the pride of life, as a wise man is different from an idiot;

[Original word or phrase - Bold]
[Updated word or phrase]
a natural
an idiot
a small cure
charge of a small congregation
alms
charitable giving
amuses
occupies the attention
arts
skills
assemblies
social gatherings
aught
all
balls
parties
but alas!
but sadly, regrettably
chance
happenstance, accident
common swearer
one who uses profanity
contemn
despise
counting room
office
debauchery
licentiousness or depravity
disquiets
anxieties
draughts
medication
dropsies
sickness
estate
money, worldly possessions, prosperity
fancy
sometimes translated imagine, inclination, or liking
farther
further
feast
banquet, joyous meal
figure
stature
flight
frivolous
folly
foolishness
foppish
refined, fasionable
frailty
weakness
frequented
attended
genteel
refined
husbandman
farmer
impertinent
unsuitable
intemperance
self-indulgence or overindulgence
jest
joke
labour
labor
temper(s)
characteristics, traits, nature, disposition, passions, spirit
lampoon
good-humored satire
manly
natural, fleshly
melancholy
depressed, sad
odious
destestable
parts
aspects
patch or paint
wear heavy makeup
patron
benefactor
preferment
promotion
prodigality
wastefulness
perfection
in some cases rendered maturity
quick and the dead
living and the dead
regale
indulge
raised an estate
increased my prosperity
rising
awake
shop
place of business
sot
drunkard
state and equipage
status and possessions
state
condition
stately
classy
suits of law
lawsuits
thence
then
travail
toil
vain
in some cases rendered unproductive, useless
victuals
provisions, sustenance
want
lack, need
wholly
completely, entirely, altogether

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