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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 3 › The proof.The Assertion. › Argument 3 › 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.
Which thing the Israelites1 declared, when they said to Aaron […] the wilderness in Moses absence, Make […] gods to go before us. 13. Satisfactions fo• sin are natural: for 2wicked men whe• they have offended God, they have alwai•• used some ceremonies to pacify God with which when they have performed, the• they think they have done enough. 14. Th• Church of Rome saith, that the Scripture• are dark and obscure: the blind man fin• death fault with the darkness of the Sunne• if the Scriptures appear to any to be obscure, the fault is not in the Scriptures, bu• in the blindness of the mind of him which readeth and heareth them. 15. Lastly pardons, they open a gap to all licentious ▪ nes: therefore they agree to mans corrupt nature: for who almost will not sin, whe• he may get a pardon for his sins, for a li• ⟨p. 313⟩tle piece of money, as twenty shillings, or four Nobles.
Which thing the Israelites1 declared, when they saide to Aaron 〈…〉 the wildernes in Moses absence, Make 〈…〉 gods to go before vs. 13. Satisfactions fo• sinne are naturall: for 2wicked men whe• they haue offended God, they haue alwai vsed some ceremonies to pacifie God with which when they haue performed, the they think they haue done inough. 14. Th Church of Rome saith, that the Scripture are darke and obscure: the blinde man fin deth fault with the darkenes of the Sunne if the Scriptures appeare to anie to bee obscure, the fault is not in the Scriptures, bu in the blindnes of the minde of him whic readeth and heareth them. 15. Lastlie pardons, they open a gappe to all licentiou nes: therefore they agree to mans corrup nature: for who almost will not sinne, whe he maie get a pardon for his sinnes, for a li