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A grain of mustard-seed or, the least measure of grace that is or can…A graine of musterd-seede or, the least measure of grace that is or can…
A grain of mustard-seed or, the least measure of grace that is or can be effectual to salvation. Corrected and amended by W. Perkins.A graine of musterd-seede or, the least measure of grace that is or can be effectuall to saluation. Corrected and amended by W. Perkins.
London: printed by John Legate, 1611London: printed by Iohn Legate, 1611
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VI. Conclusion.
The foresaid beginnings of grace are counterfeit, unless they increase.
The foresaid beginnings of grace are counterfeit, vnlesse they encrease.
The Exposition.
The wickedness of mans nature, and the depth of hypocrisy is such, that a man may & can easily transform himself into the counterfeit and resemblance of any grace of God. Therefore I put down in this last conclusion ⟨p. 49⟩a certain note, whereby the gifts of God may be discerned, namely, that they grow up and increase as the grain of Mustard-seed to a great tree, and bear fruit answerably. The grace in the heart is like the grain of Mustard-seed in two things. First it is small to see to at the beginning: secondly, after it is cast into the ground of the heart, it increaseth speedily, and spreads it self. Therefore, if a man at the first have but some little feeling of his wants, some weak and faint desire, some small obedience, he must not let this spark of grace go out, but these motions of the spirit must be increased by the use of the word, Sacraments, and prayer: and they ⟨p. 50⟩