A09466:434
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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9 Papists teach, that it is great boldness […] come immediately unto GOD without ••e intercession of Saints: and therefore ••ey use to apray to Mary, that she would •raie to Christ to help them: yet on the contrary, when they have so done, they •ray to God immediately, that he would re•eive the intercession of Mary for them. And thus they are become intercessors be•eene Mary and God. Yea when they •ffer up Christ, praying GOD to accept •heir gifts and sacrifices, the humble priest •hat will not pray to GOD, but by the meditation of Saints, is then a mediator between Christ Jesus and God his Father.
9 Papists teach, that it is great boldnes 〈…〉 come immediatlie vnto GOD without ••e intercession of Saints: and therefore ••ey vse to apray to Marie, that she would •raie to Christ to helpe them: yet on the •ontrarie, when they haue so doone, they •ray to God immediatlie, that he would re•eiue the intercession of Marie for them. And thus they are become intercessors be•eene Marie and God. Yea when they •ffer vp Christ, praying GOD to accept •heir gifts and sacrifices, the humble priest •hat will not praie to GOD, but by the •editation of Saints, is then a mediator etweene Christ Iesus and God his Father.