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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. Then doubt not, you shall feel it.
Minister. Then doubt not, you shal feele it.
Christian. O blessed be the Lord, if this be true.
Minister. Why, it is most true. For the 1man that would have any grace of God tending to salvation, if he do truly desire it, he shall have it: for so Christ hath promised, I will give to him that is a thirst of the well of the water of life freely. Whereby I gather2 that if any want the water of life, having ⟨p. 273⟩an appetite after it, he shall have enough of it: And therefore fear you not, only use the means which God hath appointed to attain faith by, as earnest prayer, reverent hearing of Gods word, and receiving of the Sacraments: and then you shall see this thing verified in your self.
Minister. Why, it is most true. For the 1man that would haue anie grace of God tending to saluation, if hee do truelie desire it, hee shall haue it: for so Christ hath promised, I will giue to him that is a thirst of the well of the water of life freely. Whereby I gather2 that if any wante the water of life, hauing ⟨p. 273⟩