A09466:410
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.
In the book of Judges it is said that1 the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim. Now these Baalim, what are they? Surely Idols resembling the true God, as the prophet Hosea declareth, and at that day saith the Lord thou shalt call me Ishai, and shalt call2 me no more Baali. Here it appeareth that the Israelites meaning was not to worship a false God, but the true God in Baalim. And Aaron when he made the golden Calf proclaimed3 that the next day should be holy day, not of any false God but of the Lord that brought them out of Egypt. The prophet Isaiah after that he had set forth Gods majesty very worthily, he comes in with4 this conclusion: To whom then will ye liken GOD? or what similitude will ye set up of him? which declareth that the ⟨p. 219⟩Jews after the manner of the Gentiles, ran a whoring after Idols, that is Images not only of false Gods, but also of the true God. I conclude therefore as I began, that the Church of Rome, by maintaining Images, hath repealed this commandment.
In the booke of Iudges it is saide that1 the children of Israell did wickedlye in the sight of the Lord, and serued Baalim. Now these Baalim, what are they? Surely Idoles resembling the true God, as the prophet Hosea declareth, and at that daie saith the Lord thou shalt call me Ishai, and shalt call2 mee no more Baali. Heere it appeareth that the Israelites meaning was not to worship a false God, but the true God in Baalim. And Aaron when he made the golden Calfe proclaimed3 that the next daye should be holie daie, not of anie false God but of the Lorde that brought them out of Egypt. The prophet Esaie after that he had set foorth Gods maiestie verie worthelye, he comes in with