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A treatise of mans imaginations Showing his natural evil thoughtsA treatise of mans imaginations Shewing his naturall euill thoughts
A treatise of mans imaginations Showing his natural evil thoughts: His want of good thoughts: The way to reform them. Framed and preached by M. Will. Perkins.A treatise of mans imaginations Shewing his naturall euill thoughts: His want of good thoughts: The way to reforme them. Framed and preached by M. Wil. Perkins.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1607Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1607
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III. Point. The reason of gods decree, in these words; for the Imagination of mans heart is evil, even from his youth. At the first this reason may seem very strange, that God should no more curse the earth for man, because the Imagination ⟨p. 13⟩of his heart is evil; In all likelihood God should have said the contrary, I will still curse the earth because the Imaginations of mans heart are evil; for so he saith, Chap. 6. vers 5. 6. that seeing all the Imaginations of the thoughts of mans heart were only evil continually, therefore he would destroy the man from the earth, and from man to beast, & every creeping thing: Howe can both these stand together? Ans. Thus; In the sixth chapter the Lord saith, he will once destroy the world by water, because of the wickedness of the Imaginations of man• heart: and here he saith, he will not proceed to curse the earth again and again by the same punishment, because the Imaginations of mans heart are evil, ⟨p. 14⟩even from his youth; as if he should say, I have once drowned the world for the wickedness of mans inventions, but if I should thus proceed to deal with man according to the wicked imagination of his heart, I must bring every year a new flood upon the earth, because I see the frame of mans heart is evil continually.
III. Point. The reason of gods decree, in these words; for the Imagination of mans heart is euil, euen from his youth. At the first this reason may seeme very strange, that God should no more curse the earth for man, because the Imagination ⟨p. 13⟩of his heart is euill; In all likelihood God should haue saide the contrarie, I will still curse the earth because the Imaginations of mans heart are euill; for so he saith, Chap. 6. vers 5. 6. that seeing all the Imaginations of the thoughts of mans heart were onely euill continually, therefore hee would destroy the man from the earth, and from man to beast, & euery creeping thing: Howe can both these stand together? Ans. Thus; In the sixt chapter the Lord saith, he wil once destroy the world by water, because of the wickednes of the Imaginations of man• heart: and here he saith, he will not proceed to curse the earth againe and againe by the same punishment, because the Imaginations of mans heart are euill,