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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.
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The inward assurance of Adoption is by1 two witnesses. The first is our spirit, that is, an heart and conscience sanctified, by the sprinkling of the blood of Christ. Now, because it cometh to pass that the testimony of our spirit is feeble and weak, God of ⟨p. 63⟩his goodness hath given his own spirit to be a fellow witness with our spirit: for the elect have in themselves the spirit of Jesus2 Christ, testifying unto them & persuading them that they are the adopted children of God. cFor this cause the holy Ghost is called the spirit of adoption, because it worketh in us the assurance of our adoption: dand it is called a pawn or earnest. For as in a bargain, when part of the price is payed in earnest, then assurance is made, that men will pay the whole: so when the child of God hath received thus much from the holy ghost to be persuaded that he is adopted & chosen in Christ, he may be in good hope, and he is already put in good assurance, fully to enjoy eternal life in the kingdom of heaven.
The inward assurance of Adoption is by1 two witnesses. The first is our spirit, that is, an heart and conscience sanctified, by the sprinckling of the bloud of Christ. Now, because it commeth to passe that the testimonie of our spirit is feeble and weake, God of ⟨p. 63⟩his goodnes hath giuen his owne spirite to bee a fellow witnes with our spirit: for the elect haue in themselues the spirit of Iesus