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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.
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Well then, art thou secure? Art thou prone to evil? Feelest thou that thy rebellious flesh carrieth thee captive unto sin? Look now only upon the law of God, apply it to thy self, examine thy thoughts, thy words, thy deeds by it: pray unto God, that he would give thee the Spirit of fear, that the law may in some measure humble & terrify thee: for (as Solomon saith) blessed is1 the man that feareth always, but cursed is he that hardeneth his heart.
Well then, art thou secure? Art thou prone to euill? Feelest thou that thy rebellious flesh carrieth thee captiue vnto sinne? Looke nowe onelie vpon the lawe of God, applie it to thy self, examine thy thoughts, thy words, thy deedes by it: pray vnto God, that he would giue thee the Spirit of feare, that the law maie in some measure hūble & terrifie thee: for (as Salomon saith) blessed is1 the man that feareth alwaies, but cursed is he that hardeneth his heart.