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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.
Howe a man should apply aright the word of God to his own soul.
Howe a man should applie aright the word of God to his owne soule.
I
Every Christian containeth in himself two natures, flat contrary the one to the other, the flesh and the spirit: and that he may become a perfect man in Christ Jesus, his earnest endeavour must be, to tame, and subdue the flesh, & to strengthen and confirm the spirit.
EVerie Christian containeth in himselfe two natures, flat contrarie the one to the other, the flesh and the spirite: and that he may become a perfect man in Christ Iesus, his earnest indeuour must bee, to tame, and subdue the flesh, & to strengthen and confirme the spirit.
II
Answerable to these two natures, are the two parts of Gods word. First, the Law, because it is the ministry of death, it fitly serveth for the taming and mastering of the rebellious flesh: and the Gospel, containing the bountiful promises of God in Christ, is as oil, to pour into our wounds, and as the water of life, to quench our thirsty