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Satan's sophistry answered by our Saviour Christ and in divers sermons further manifested /…Satans sophistrie ansuuered by our Sauiour Christ and in diuers sermons further manifested /…
Satan's sophistry answered by our Saviour Christ and in divers sermons further manifested / by that worthy man Master William Perkins ; to which is added, a comfort for the feeble minded, wherein is set down the temptations of a Christian.Satans sophistrie ansuuered by our Sauiour Christ and in diuers sermons further manifested / by that worthy man Maister William Perkins ; to which is added, a comfort for the feeble minded, wherein is set downe the temptations of a Christian.
London: printed by Richard Field for E.E., 1604
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.
Lidia. If I fall, how may I rise?
Paul. To this appertaineth the spiritual remedy: now a remedy, is a thing having aptness to restore him which is fallen to his former estate. Gal. 6. 1. And here two things must always be thought on. 1. If there be a willing mind, every one is accepted for that grace which he hath, not ⟨p. 152⟩for that which he hath not. 2. Corint. 8. 12, For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 2. In all these things, whosoever will lead a godly life in Christ, the power of God is to be made perfect through their infirmity. 2. Cor. 12. 9. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made perfect through weakness: very gladly therefore will I rejoice rather in mine infirmities, that the power of God may dwell in me. 10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christs sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Paul. To this appertaineth the spirituall remedie: now a remedie, is a thing hauing aptnesse to restore him which is fallen to his former estate. Gal. 6. 1. And here two things must alwayes be thought on. 1. If there be a willing mind, euery one is accepted for that grace which he hath, not ⟨p. 152⟩for that which he hath not. 2. Corint. 8. 12, For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 2. In all these things, whosoeuer wil leade a godly life in Christ, the power of God is to be made perfect through their infirmitie.