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How to live, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps…How to liue, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps…
How to live, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps and comforts fail.How to liue, and that well in all estates and times, specially when helps and comforts faile.
printed by John Legat, 1601printed by Iohn Legat, 1601
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The third part of spiritual life is,1 the joy of the Holy Ghost: and that is to rejoice in God because he is our God, and in Christ because he is our Christ. And this kind of joy is not taken from us or abated in afflictions, but rather increased. Rom. 5.3. We rejoice in tribulations. And Hebr. 10.34. Ye endured the spoiling of your goods with joy. Now, our faith in the promise ⟨p. 34⟩of life is the mother and breeder of this joy, which ariseth of that happy and blessed conclusion that faith frames in the mind; I believe: therefore the blessings of God promised in the Gospel, are mine.2 Thus saith Saint Peter, Believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious. Again the continuance and increase of our faith, is the increase of this joy.
The third part of spirituall life is,1 the ioy of the Holy Ghost: and that is to reioyce in God because he is our God, and in Christ because he is our Christ. And this kind of ioy is not taken from vs or abated in afflictions, but rather increased. Rom. 5.3. We reioyce in tribulatiōs. And Hebr. 10.34. Ye endured the spoyling of your goods with ioy. Now, our faith in the promise ⟨p. 34⟩of life is the mother and breeder of this ioy, which ariseth of that happie and blessed conclusion that faith frames in the mind; I beleeue: therfore the blessings of God promised in the Gospel, are mine.2 Thus saith Saint Peter, Beleeuing ye reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and glorious. Again the continuance and increase of our faith, is the increase of this ioy.