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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 knows my heart, it is a hell unto me to see my brother for whom Christ shed his blood to want if I have any thing in the world to give him. Among Christian men love maketh all things common: every man is others debtor, and every man is bound to minister to his neighbour, and to supply his neighbours lack of that wherewith ⟨p. 182⟩God hath endued him. Christ is Lord over all, & every Christian is heir annexed with Christ, & therefore Lord over all, and every one is Lord of whatsoever another hath: if then my brother or neighbour need, I have to help him: and if I show not mercy but withdraw my hands from him, then rob I him of his own, & am a thief. A Christian man hath Christs spirit, now Christ is merciful, if I shall not be merciful, I have1 not Christs spirit: if I have not Christs spirit then am I none of his. And though I show mercy unto my brother, yet if I do it not with such burning love as Christ did unto me, I must knowledge my sin and desire mercy in Christ.
Euseb. God knowes my heart, it is a hell vnto me to see my brother for whom Christ shed his bloud to want if I haue anie thing in the world to giue him. Among Christian men loue maketh all things common: euerie man is others debter, and euerie man is bound to minister to his neighbour, and to supplie his neighbours lacke of that wherewith ⟨p. 182⟩God hath indued him. Christ is Lord ouer all, & euerie Christian is heire annexed with Christ, & therefore Lord ouer all, and euerie one is Lord of whatsoeuer another hath: if then my brother or neighbour need, I haue to helpe him: and if I shew not mercie but withdrawe my hands from him, then rob I him of his owne, & am a thief. A Christiā mā hath Christs spirit, now Christ is merciful, if I shall not be mercifull, I haue1 not Christs spirit: if I haue not Christs spirit thē am I none of his. And though I shew mercie vnto my brother, yet if I doe it not with such burning loue as Christ did vnto me, I must knowledge my sinne and desire mercie in Christ.
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