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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.
Secondly, he is inwardly 1touched with a lively feeling of his own wants, but especially he is vexed and grieved at his own sin and rebellion: and this sense of his misery is as a spur to quicken his benumbed heart.
Secondlie, hee is inwardlie 1touched with a liuelie feeling of his owne wants, but especially hee is vexed and grieued at his owne sinne and rebellion: and this sense of his miserie is as a spurre to quicken his benummed heart.
Thirdly he humbleth himself before his God, and layeth hopen his heart before the Lord, showing a fervent and longing desire to obtain those things of which he findeth an extreme want in himself, as the Prophet David did whose idesire was like the yawning of the dry ground; and ⟨p. 87⟩this proceedeth from kthe spirit of God, which stirreth up groanings in the heart, which a man oftentimes for his life cannot express.
Thirdly hee humbleth himselfe before his God, and laieth hopen his heart before the Lorde, shewing a feruent and longing desire to obtaine those thinges of which he findeth an extreame want in himselfe, as the Prophet Dauid did whose