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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
Consolations for the troubled consciences of repentant Sinners.
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.
Minister. Your case is a blessed case: for not to be troubled of Satan, is to be possessed ⟨p. 264⟩of him: that is: to be held captive under bthe power of darkness, and to be a slave & vassal of Satan: for cas long as the strong man keeps the hold, all things are in peace: Contrariwise he that hath received any sparkle of true faith, shall see dthe gates of hell, that is, the Devil and all his Angels in their full strength, to stand up against him, and to fight with an endless hatred for his final confusion.
Minister. Your case is a blessed case: for not to be troubled of Sathan, is to bee possessed ⟨p. 264⟩of him: that is: to be held captiue vnder bthe power of darknes, and to be a slaue & vassall of Sathan: for cas long as the strong man keepes the hold, all things are in peace: Contrariwise he that hath receiued anie sparkle of true faith, shall see dthe gates of hell, that is, the Diuell and all his Angels in their full strength, to stand vp against him, and to fight with an endlesse hatred for his finall confusion.