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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.
The last reason is the endless love of Jesus Christ showed in his death and passion. Thou art by nature the child of wrath and vengeance. Satan hath wounded thee with many a deadly wound of ⟨p. 117⟩sin: thou liest bleeding at the heart and and art like to die eternally. Thou being in this estate there is no Man on earth, no no Saint in heaven, no Angel, no creature at all is able to help thee; Christ only was able; he therefore came down from heaven and became man, for this cause, to work thy deliverance. Furthermore in the curing of the wound of sin, no herb, no water, no plaster, no Physic, can do thee any good: only the body and blood of Christ is sovereign for this matter, being steeped in the wrath of GOD. He therefore subjected himself to the death, even the death of the Cross upon which he suffered the wrath of God due to the sin of mankind: and of his own heart blood he tempered for thee a sovereign medicine to heal all thy wounds and sores.
The last reason is the endlesse loue of Iesus Christ shewed in his death and passion. Thou art by nature the childe of wrath and vengeance. Sathan hath wounded thee with manie a deadlie wounde of ⟨p. 117⟩sinne: thou liest bleeding at the heart and and art like to die eternally. Thou being in this estate there is no Man on earth, no no Saint in heauen, no Angell, no creature at all is able to helpe thee; Christ onely was able; hee therefore came downe from heauen and became man, for this cause, to worke thy deliuerance. Furthermore in the curing of the wounde of sin, no hearbe, no water, no plaister, no Phisicke, can doe thee any good: onely the bodie and bloude of Christ is soueraigne for this matter, being stieped in the wrath of GOD. Hee therefore subiected himselfe to the death, euen the death of the Crosse vpon which hee suffered the wrath of God due to the sinne of mankinde: and of his owne heart bloude hee tempered for thee a soueraigne medicine to heale all thy woundes and sores.
Now therefore despise not this mercy; seek unto Christ, lay open all thy sores, pray him, that he would vouchsafe thee if it be but one drop of his blood: then he will come unto thee by his holy spirit, he will wash and supple thy wounds in his blood and bind them up. He is the