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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 Assumption (namely, that the religion of the Church of Rome cannot pacify the conscience) may be easily proved on this wise.
The Assumption (namely, that the religion of the Church of Rome cannot pacifie the conscience) may be easily prooued on this wise.
A man whose conscience must be truly1 quieted, must first of all be truly humbled dCome unto me (saith our Saviour Christ) all ye which are wearied and burdened, and I will ease you. Whereby it appeareth, that they who are to have their consciences refreshed in Christ, must first of all be afflicted with the sense of Gods judgement: yea they must ⟨p. 200⟩be pressed down to helward with the weight & burden of their sins, that they may see it, & from their hearts confess it, that in them selves there is no way to escape damnation. 3The good Physician Christ Jesus cannot heal us before he hath launched our wounds to the very bottom: he never can find any of his sheep before they be quite lost: he never poureth into us the living waters of his spirit, before we be barren & dry ground void of all moisture: & that man must condemn himself, that would not have Christ to pronounce sentence of damnation against him.
A man whose conscience must be truely1 quieted, must first of all be truely humbled dCome vnto me (saith our Sauiour Christ) all yee which are wearied and burdened, and I will ease you. Whereby it appeareth, that they who are to haue their consciences refreshed in Christ, must first of all be afflicted with the sense of Gods iudgement: yea they must