A09466:168
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 third main benefit, is ainward Sanctification: by which a Christian in his mind,2 in his will, and in his affections is freed from the bondage and tyranny of sin & satan, and is by little and little enabled through the spirit of Christ to desire & approve that which is good, & to walk in it. And it hath two parts. bThe first is Mortification, when the power of sin is continually weakened, consumed, & diminished. cThe second is Vilification by which inherent righteousness is really put into them, & afterward is continually increased.
The third maine benefit, is ainward Sanctification: by which a Christian in his mind,2 in his will, and in his affections is freed from the bondage and tyrannie of sin & sathan, and is by litle and litle inabled through the spirit of Christ to desire & approue that which is good, & to walke in it. And it hath two parts. bThe first is Mortification, when the power of sin is continually weakned, consumed, & diminished. cThe second is Vi•ificatiō by which inherent righteousnes is really put into thē, & afterward is cōtinually increased.