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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.
Timoth. The world is full of naughtiness, and lewd people take pleasure in doing wrong, and in slandering, and in hindering their brethren: how can you live among them in quietness, do you use to give like for like?
Timoth. The world is full of naughtines, and lewde people take pleasure in dooing wrong, and in slandering, and in hindering their brethren: how can you liue among them in quietnes, do you vse to giue like for like?
Euseb. No, you must understand that there be two states or regiments in the world: the kingdom of heaven which is the regiment of the Gospel: and the regiment of the world, which is the temporal kingdom. In the first state there is neither father nor mother, neither master, mistress, maid, nor servant, nor husband, nor wife, nor Lord, nor subject, nor inferior woman, but Christ is all, & each to other is Christ himself, there is none better then other, but all alike good, all brethren, and Christ only is Lord over all, neither is there any other thing to do, or other law, save to love one another as Christ loved […]: In the temporal regiment, is husband, wife, father, mother, son, daughter, mistress, maid, manservant, subject, Lord? Now every person is a double person, and under two regiments: ⟨p. 187⟩in the first regiment I am a person of mine own self under Christ and his doctrine, and may neither hate nor be angry, and much less fight or revenge: but must after the example of Christ, humble my self, forsake and deny my self, and hate my self, and caste my self away, and be meek and patient, and let every man go over me and tread me underfoot, and do me wrong: and yet I am to love them, and pray for them as Christ did for his crucifiers: for love is all, and whatsoever is not of love, is damnable, and cast forth of that kingdom. In the temporal regiment thou art a person in respect of an other, thou art husband, father, mother, daughter, wife, lord, subject, and there thou must do according to thine office. If thou be a father thou must do the office of a father and rule, or else thou damnest thy self: thou must bring all under obedience, whether by fair means or by foul: thou must have obedience of thy wife, of thy servants, and of thy subjects, if they will not obey in love, thou must chide, fight, and correct, as far as the law of GOD and the law of the land will suffer thee: Now to the purpose: whether a man may