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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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From this sense and taste of Gods grace proceed many fruits: as first generally, he may do outwardly all things which true Christians do, and he may lead such a life here in this world, that although he cannot attain to salvation, yet his pains in hell shall be less: which appeareth, in that our Saviour Christ saith: it shall be easier forh Tyre & Sidon, for Sodom and Gomorrah, than for Capernaum, and other Cities unto which he came, in the day of judgement.
From this sence and taste of Gods grace proceede manie fruites: as first generallie, he may do outwardly all things which true Christians doe, and he may leade such a life here in this world, that although he cannot attaine to saluation, yet his paynes in hell shall bee lesse: which appeareth, in that our Sauiour Christ saith: it shall bee easier forh Tyrus & Sydon, for Sodome and Gomorrah, than for Capernaum, and other Cities vnto which hee came, in the day of iudgement.