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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 4 › The proof.The Assertion. › Argument 4 › The proofe.
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The proposition is most true, because it is a privilege of Gods word, and so of •he true religion gathered forth of it, to be consonant to it self in all points: which properly no doctrines nor writings beside can •ave. The Assumption may be made manifest by an induction of particular examples.
THe proposition is most true, because it is a priuiledge of Gods worde, and so of •he true religion gathered foorth of it, to be consonant to it selfe in al points: which pro•erly no doctrines nor writings beside can •aue. The Assumption may bee made ma•ifest by an induction of particular exam•les.
1 The Church of Rome saith, that men •re saved by grace: and again it saith, that men are saved by works. A flat contradiction. For Paul saith, if election be of grace, it1 •s no more of works: or else were grace no more grace, but if it be of works, it is no more grace: for else were work no more work. Answer is made. That in this place Paul 2speaketh of works of nature, which indeed •re contrary to grace: but not of works of regeneration which are not contrary to grace. This answer is false: for Paul in a like •lace unto this opposeth grace & works of ⟨p. 226⟩regeneration. Ye are saved by grace (saith he) through faith, and that not of your selves, for it is the gift of God: not of works,