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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. By Gods grace I will persuade ⟨p. 185⟩you more yet. How if our saviour Christ Jesus should, now dwell upon the earth in poverty & want, could you not be contented, to bestow half your goods on him?
Euseb. By Gods grace I will perswade ⟨p. 185⟩you more yet. How if our sauiour Christ Iesus should, now dwell vpon the earth in pouertie & want, could you not be contented, to bestow halfe your goods on him?
Timoth. Half my goods? Nay truly all: and my heart blood: for I know if I should loose my life for him, I should save it.
Timoth. Halfe my goods? Nay truely all: and my heart blood: for I knowe if I should loose my life for him, I should saue it.
Euseb. Very well. Christ is all in all. Every Christian man to another is Christ himself, and whatsoever is done to the poor, is done to Christ himself and therefore your neighbours need hath as good right in your goods as hath Christ himself which is heir and Lord over all. And look what you owe to Christ that you owe to your neighbours need: to your neighbour owe you your heart and life and whatsoever you have or can do.
Euseb. Verie well. Christ is all in all. Euerie Christian man to another is Christ himselfe, and whatsoeuer is doone to the poore, is doone to Christ himselfe and therefore your neighbours neede hath as good right in your goods as hath Christ himselfe which is heire and Lord ouer all. And looke what you owe to Christ that you owe to your neighbours neede: to your neighbour owe you your heart and life and whatsoeuer you haue or can doe.