A09466:158
A treatise tending unto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of…A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of…
A treatise tending unto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he may discern it, and persevere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set down in the page following.A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he maie discerne it, and perseuere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set downe in the page following.
London: printed by R. Robinson for T. Gubbin, 1590
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.
XXVIII
The second inward benefit is iAn entrance 2into Gods favour, and a perseverance in it, which is indeed a wonderful benefit. When a man cometh into favour with his Prince, then he is bold to come unto his Prince, and he may have free access unto his presence, and he may sue to his Prince for any benefit or preferment whereof he standeth in need, and may obtain it before any other: so they which are in Gods favour, by reason that they are freely pardoned, and justified in Christ, do boldly approach into Gods presence, and they are ready to ask, and sure to obtain any benefit that is for their good. kThe4 third is a spiritual joy in their harts, even then when they are afflicted: because they look certainly to obtain the kingdom of heaven. The fourth is lthat the love of GOD is 6•hed in the hearts of the faithful by the holy7 Ghost: that is, that the holy Ghost doth make the faithful very evidently to feel •he love of God towards them, and doth as ⟨p. 62⟩