A09466:370
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. Surely it maketh my heart to bleed to see how many men brag of the Gospel, and yet what little fruit the gospel hath in them, and what little love they show, even they which abound in rents and lands. My poor advise is this, that you would with patience depend upon Gods providence. It is said, blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth, Then let all the world study to do you wrong, yea let them study to bring you to extreme misery, and do it too: yet if you be meek, you shall have food and raiment enough for you & yours: And no doubt, God (who is always true of his promise) shall raise up some to help you. And my counsel is that you give your landlord now and then a Capon, now a pig, now a Goose, and if you be able a lamb or a Calf, and let your wife visit your Land-lady now and then with spiced cakes, with apples, pears cherries and such like: and be you ready with your Oxen, or horses, five or six times in the year, to fetch home thei• wood, to plough their land, then no doubt God may soften their hearts & move them ⟨p. 193⟩to have some pity & compassion on your •oore estate.
Euseb. Surelie it maketh my hearte to bleede to see how manie men bragge of the Gospell, and yet what little fruite the gospell hath in them, and what little loue they shew, euen they which abound in rents and landes. My poore aduise is this, that you would with patience depende vppon Gods prouidence. It is said, blessed are the meeke for they shall inherite the earth, Then let all the world studie to doe you wronge, yea let them studie to bring you to extreeme miserie, and doe it too: yet if you bee meeke, you shall haue foode and raiment enough for you & yours: And no doubt, God (who is alwaies true of his promise) shall raise vp some to helpe you. And my counsell is that you giue your landlorde now and then a Capon, now a pigge, now a Goose, and if you bee able a lambe or a Calfe, and let your wife visite your Land-ladie nowe and then with spiced cakes, with apples, peares cheries and such like: and bee you readie with your Oxen, or horses, fiue or sixe times in the yeare, to fetch home thei• wood, to plowe their land, then no doubt God maie soften their hartes & moue them ⟨p. 193⟩