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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.
The conflicts of Satan with the weak Christian.
The conflicts of Sathan with the weake Christian.
Satan. Thy mind is full of ignorance and blindness, thy heart is full of obstinacy, rebellion, and frowardness against God: thou art wholly unfit for any good work: wherefore, thou hast no faith, neither canst thou be justified, and accepted before God.
Sathan. THy minde is full of ignorance and blindnes, thy heart is full of obstinacie, rebellion, and frowardnes against God: thou art whollie vnfit for anie good work: wherfore, thou hast no faith, neither canst thou be iustified, and accepted before God.
Christian. If I have but one drop of the grace of God, and if my faith be no more than a little grain of mustard seed, it is sufficient1 for me: God requireth not perfect faith, but true faith.
Christian. If I haue but one drop of the grace of God, and if my faith bee no more than a litle graine of mustard seede, it is sufficient1 for mee: God requireth not perfect faith, but true faith.