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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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7 Doubting of salvation and hope cannot1 agree together, for hope maketh a man not to be ashamed, that is, it never disappointeth him of the thing which he looketh for. And therefore it is called the anchor of the soul 2both sure & steadfast, which entereth into that which is within the veil. So that true hope and the certain assurance of salvation go together.
7 Doubting of saluation and hope cannot1 agree together, for hope maketh a man not to be ashamed, that is, it neuer disappointeth him of the thing which he looketh for. And therefore it is called the anchor of the soule 2both sure & stedfast, which entreth into that which is within the vaile. So that true hope and the certaine assurance of saluation goe together.
8 True prayer and justification by works cannot stand together. For he which prayeth truly must be touched inwardly with a lively feeling of his own misery, and of the want of that grace, whereof he stands in need. Now this cannot be in the heart of ⟨p. 233⟩••at man that looketh to merit the kingdom of heaven by his works: for he that ••n do this, may justly conceive somewhat of his own excellency.