A09466:382
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.
The Sacrament of Penance (as they all it) is one of the chief things in the •ligion of the Church of Rome: for it is ⟨p. 196⟩such a sacrament, athat by the power & efficacy of it, the blood of Christ is delivered to us, to wash away our sins: and they say bit hath such virtue that the kingdom of heaven is promised to it in the scriptures, and that it is not regeneration, but an healing of a man regeneration, but an healing of a man regenerate, & that it pardoneth sin, as Baptism. And as touching Contrition, Papists write, cit hath power to do away sin, and to obtain pardon at Gods hand: the same they speak o• Confession, which they say delivereth from death, openeth Paradise, and giveth hop• of salvation: and hereby it may appear that Penance is one of the greatest point of the popish religion.
The Sacrament of Penaunce (as they all it) is one of the chiefe thinges in the •ligion of the Church of Rome: for it is ⟨p. 196⟩such a sacrament, athat by the power & efficacie of it, the bloude of Christ is deliuered to vs, to washe awaie our sinnes: and they saie bit hath such vertue that the kingdome of heauen is promised to it in the scriptures, and that it is not regeneration, but an healing of a man regeneration, but an healing of a man regenerate, & that it pardoneth sin, as Baptisme. And as touching Contrition, Papistes write, cit hath power to do away sinne, and to obtein pardon at Gods hand: the same they speake o Confession, which they saie deliuereth from death, openeth Paradise, and giueth hop of saluation: and hereby it maie appeare that Penance is one of the greatest pointe of the popish religion.