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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
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.
Satan. Thou then are persuaded that God is true even in his merciful promises, and that he will save some men, as Peter and Paul, & David, &c. and this is the only be lief, by which thou wilt be saved.
Sathan. Thou then are peswaded that God is true euen in his mercifull promises, and that he will saue some men, as Peter and Paul, & Dauid, &c. and this is the onely be leefe, by which thou wilt be saued.
Christian. Nay, this I believe, and more too, that I particularly am in the number of those men which shall be saved: and this is ⟨p. 245⟩the belief that saveth me.
Christian. Naie, this I beleeue, and more too, that I particularly am in the number of those men which shall be saued: and this is ⟨p. 245⟩the beleefe that saueth me.
Satan. It may be thou art persuaded, that God is able to save thee, but that God will save thee, that is, that he hath determined to advance this thy body, and this thy soul into his kingdom, & that he is most willing to perform it in his good time: herein thou waverest and doubtest.
Sathan. It may bee thou art perswaded, that God is able to saue thee, but that God will saue thee, that is, that he hath determined to aduance this thy body, and this thy soule into his kingdome, & that he is most willing to performe it in his good time: heerein thou wauerest and doubtest.