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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.
It is proper to Christ in respect of other creatures to be a light lightning all that come into the world, yet they pray to Mary to give light to the blind. It is1 proper to Christ to be the redeemer of mankind, and this work of redemption, is ascribed to Mary, whom Papists call their hope, their joy, their mediatress, a medicine for the diseased, a defence from the enemy, a friend in the hour of death. Again they make Saint Martin A Priest according to the order of Melchizedek, which is proper to Christ.
It is proper to Christe in respect of other creatures to bee a light lightning all that come into the worlde, yet they praye to Marie to giue light to the blinde. It is1 proper to Christe to bee the redeemer of mankinde, and this worke of redemption, is ascribed to Marie, whome Papists call their hope, their ioye, their mediatresse, a medecine for the diseased, a defence from the enemie, a friend in the houre of death. Againe they make Saint Martin A Priest according to the order of Melchisedecke, which is proper to Christe.
Secondly they hold that the people is to be barred from the reading of the scriptures, unless it be in an unknown tongue, and so they maintain ignorance and the profaning of Gods name. For the free preaching of the word, and therefore also the hearing, learning, reading, searching of it, is the glorifying of the word, and so the glorifying1 of Gods name.