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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.
Christian. This which you have said doeth in part content me: one thing more I pray you show me concerning this point: namely how I may be able to overcome these doubtings.
Christian. This which you haue saide doeth in part content mee: one thing more I praie you shewe mee concerning this point: namelie how I maie be able to ouercome these doubtings.
Minister For the suppressing of doubtings, you are to use three meditations. The first, that it is Gods commandment1 ⟨p. 269⟩that you should believe in Christ: So saint John saith, This is his commandment that we believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ. Thou2 shalt not steal, is Gods commandment, & you are loth to break it, least you should displease God and pull his curse upon your head. This also is Gods commandment, Thou shalt believe in Christ, and therefore you must take heed of the breach of it: •east by doubting and wavering you bring •he curse upon you. Secondly, you must consider that the promises of salvation in Christ are general, or at the least indefinite excluding no particular man: as in one for •ll may appear. God so loved the world that •e gave his only begotten son, that whosoever •eleeveth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Now then so often as you shall doubt of Gods mercy whereas he excludeth you not: And as when a Prince gives • pardon to all thieves, every one can ap•lie the same unto himself, though his •ame be not set down in the pardon: So e king of kings hath given a general paron for free remission of sins to them that ill receive it. Believe therefore that God […] true in his promise, doubt not of your wne salvation, challenge the pardon to