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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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12. Think evermore thy present estate whatsoever it be, to be the best estate for thee: because whatsoever befalls thee, though it be sickness, ⟨p. 61⟩or any other affliction, or death, befalls thee of the good providence of God. That this may the better be done, labour to see and acknowledge a providence of God, as well in poverty as in abundance, as well in disgrace as good report, as well in sickness, as in health, as well in life as in death.
12. Thinke euermore thy present estate whatsoeuer it bee, to bee the best estate for thee: because whatsoeuer befalls thee, though it bee sicknes, ⟨p. 61⟩or any other affliction, or death, befals thee of the good prouidence of God. That this may the better bee done, labour to see and acknowledge a prouidence of God, as wel in pouertie as in abundance, as well in disgrace as good report, as well in sickenes, as in health, as well in life as in death.
13. Pray continually, I mean not by solemn & set prayer, but by secret and inward ejaculations of the heart, that is, by a continual elevation of mind unto Christ, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and that either by prayer or giving of thanks so often as any occasion shall be offered.
13. Pray continually, I meane not by solemne & set praier, but by secret and inward eiaculatiōs of the heart, that is, by a continuall eleuation of minde vnto Christ, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and that either by prayer or giuing of thankes so often as any occaon shall be offered.
14. Think often of the