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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
The Assertion. › Argument 2 › The proof.The Assertion. › Argument 2 › The proofe.
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 proof.
The proofe.
The proposition is certain: because, as long as any man hath his conscience to accuse him of sin before God, he is in state of damnation, aas S. John saith: If our hart condemn us, God is greater than our hart, and knoweth all things. And this is peculiar and proper to the elect children of God, bto receive these gifts and graces from God, cthe enjoying of which, bringeth peace of conscience. True it is indeed, that reprobates receive many graces and gifts at Gods hand, but they are no other then such as may be joined with the trembling of the conscience, as the devil is said to believe, but withal to tremble.
THe proposition is certaine: because, as long as any man hath his conscience to accuse him of sinne before God, hee is in state of damnation, aas S. Iohn saith: If our hart condemne vs, God is greater than our hart, and knoweth all things. And this is peculiar and proper to the elect children of God, bto receiue these gifts and graces frō God, cthe enioying of which, bringeth peace of conscience. True it is indeed, that reprobates receiue many graces and giftes at Gods hand, but they are no other then such as may be ioyned with the trembling of the conscience, as the deuill is said to beleeue, but withall to tremble.
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