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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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By reason of this knowledge, the reprobate doth give consent, and in his heart subscribeth to the equity of Gods law: as may appear by the saying of Medea: Video meliora, probóque; deteriora sequor. That is, I know what is best to be done, and like it, yet I do the worst. This approbation in the reprobate cometh from constraint, and is joined with a disliking of the law: in the elect, bbeing called the approbation of the law, it proceedeth from a willing & ready mind, and is joined with love and liking.
By reason of this knowledge, the reprobate doth giue consent, and in his heart subscribeth to the equitie of Gods lawe: as may appeare by the saying of Medea: Video meliora, probóque; deteriora sequor. That is, I knowe what is best to be done, and like it, yet I doe the worst. This approbation in the reprobate commeth from constraint, and is ioyned with a disliking of the lawe: in the elect, bbeing called the approbation of the lawe, it proceedeth from a willing & ready mind, and is ioyned with loue and liking.