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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.
Euseb. God doth not so much regard the quantity of his graces as the truth of them, he approveth a little faith if it be a1 true faith: yea, if faith in us were no more but a grain of mustard seed (which is the least of all other seeds) it should be effectual, and God would have respect unto it. The poor diseased beggar with a lame hand, ⟨p. 146⟩having the palsy also, is able nevertheless to reach out the same and receive an alms of a king: and so in like manner a weak and languishing faith is sufficiently able to reach out it self and to apprehend the infinite mercies of our heavenly king offered unto us in Christ. Faith in the 3. of John, is compared unto the eye of the Israelite, which although it were of dim sight, or looked a squint, yet if it could never so little behold the brazen Serpent, it was sufficient to cure the stings of the fiery serpents, & to save life.
Euseb. God doth not so much regarde the quantitie of his graces as the truth of them, hee approoueth a litle faith if it bee a1 true faith: yea, if faith in vs were no more but a graine of mustard seede (which is the least of al other seedes) it should be effectual, and God would haue respect vnto it. The poore diseased beggar with a lame hande, ⟨p. 146⟩hauing the palsie also, is able neuerthelesse to reach out the same and receiue an almes of a king: and so in like manner a weake and languishing faith is sufficiētly able to reach out it selfe and to apprehende the infinite mercies of our heauenlie king offered vnto vs in Christ. Faith in the 3. of Iohn, is compared vnto the eie of the Israelite, which although it were of dimme sight, or looked a squint, yet if it could neuer so little beholde the brasen Serpent, it was sufficient to cure the stings of the fiery serpēts, & to saue life.
- 1Math. 20.