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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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In the Law, these are most effectual meditations to humble and bridle the flesh, which follow. First, meditate on the greatness1 of thy sins, and of their infinite number: and if it may be, gather them into a Catalogue, set it before thee: and look unto it, that thou think no sin to be a small sin, no not the bare thoughts and motions of thy heart. Often with diligence consider2 the strange judgements of God upon men, for their sins, which thou shalt find, partly in the Scriptures, partly by daily experience. Doubtless, thou must think, that ⟨p. 257⟩every judgement of God, is a sermon of repentance. Think oft on the fearful curse3 of the law due unto thee, if thou shouldest sin never but once in all thy life, and that never so little. Remember, that whensoever4 thou committest a sin; God is present, and5 his holy Angels, & that he is an eye witness, that he taketh a note of thy sin, & registereth it in a book. Think daily of thy end: and6 know that God may strike thee with sudden death every moment: and that, if then thou have not repented before that time, there is no hope of salvation. Think on the sudden7