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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.
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And for the second point, the Church of Rome doth too too much extol the power of man, and his natural strength. kIt saith, that all actions of men unregenerate are not sins, and that original sin needeth no repentance, lthat a man hath some free will to do spiritual things, that ma man by mere naturals may love God above all things, fear God, believe in Christ, if we respect the very act of the work, nthat the Gentiles might gather out of Philosophy knowledge sufficient for salvation, othat a man without the help of the holy Ghost, may perform things acceptable to God, pthat the mind of man understandeth of it self many things which be spiritual and heavenly, qthat a man regenerate, may fulfil the whole law of God: that a man may prepare himself to receive grace, & to merit grace at Gods hands: that he may do works of Supererogation, &c. By this it appeareth that the church of Rome ascribeth to much to the nature of man rwhich is only & altogether evil, dead in sin, chained up in miserable bondage under Satan the prince of darkness: ⟨p. 203⟩and therefore it is evident, that all the preaching that is used in that Church, will not humble a sinner, and make him deny himself, & therefore their preaching may peradventure benumb a corrupt conscience and make it secure, but it cannot pacify the troubled conscience, nor disquiet it by the threatenings of the law, that by the promises of the Gospel it may be quieted.
And for the second point, the Church of Rome dooth too too much extoll the power of man, and his naturall strength.