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A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the…A commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the…
A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and judicial divine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement upon the sixth chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelor of DivinityA commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and iudiciall diuine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement vpon the sixt chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelour of Diuinitie
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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Others again allege, that they have long made prayer §30unto God, and that according to his will, and yet their prayers have not bin heard: and therefore they often doubt they are not Gods children. Ans. If thou canst pray, though thy prayer be not heard according to thy desire, content thy self. For the prayer of the heart is the mark of the spirit of adoption. Rom. §358. 16. 26. And by it thou mayest know that thou art the child of God.
Others againe alleadge, that they haue long made praier §30vnto God, and that according to his will, and yet their praiers haue not bin heard: and therefore they often doubt they are not Gods children. Ans. If thou canst pray, though thy praier be not heard according to thy desire, content thy selfe. For the praier of the heart is the marke of the spirit of adoption. Rom. §358. 16. 26. And by it thou maist know that thou art the child of God.
Thus then we see what is the infallible mark of the child of God; namely, baptism joined with true faith in Christ, or the outward baptism joined with the inward baptism of the spirit. ⟨p. 243⟩The use. Many avouch the present Church of Rome to be the true Church of God: and that because they say, in it there is true baptism, which is a mark of the church of God. But they are deceived: for baptism in the church of Rome is severed from true faith, or from the Apostolic doctrine: and the outward baptism is severed from the inward baptism. For they