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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. But thou art a man stark dead in sin, God hath now quite forsaken thee: he hath left thee unto me to be ruled: he hath given me power over thee, to bring thee to damnation: he will not have thee to trust in him any longer.
Sathan. But thou art a man starke dead in sin, God hath now quite forsaken thee: hee hath left thee vnto me to be ruled: hee hath giuen me power ouer thee, to bring thee to damnation: he will not haue thee to trust in him anie longer.
Christian. Strengthen me good Lord; remember thy merciful promises, that thou1 wilt revive the humble, & give life to them that are of a contrite heart.
Christian. Strengthen me good Lord; remember thy mercifull promises, that thou1 wilt reuiue the humble, & giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
Satan. These promises concern not thee, which hast no humble and contrite, but a froward, and a rebellious heart.
Sathan. These promises concerne not thee, which hast no humble and contrite, but a froward, and a rebellious heart.