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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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Also the reprobate may have a love of God: but this love can be no sincere love, for it is only because God bestoweth benefits and prosperity upon him: As appeareth in Saul, iWho loved God for his advancement to the kingdom: and here is a difference between the elect and reprobate: the elect love GOD, as children their fathers: but reprobates, as hirelings their ⟨p. 15⟩masters, whom they affect not so much or themselves, as for their wages.
Also the reprobate may haue a loue of God: but this loue can bee no sincere loue, for it is only because God bestoweth benefites and prosperitie vpon him: As appeareth in Saule, iWho loued God for his aduauncement to the kingdome: and here is a difference betweene the elect and reprobate: the elect loue GOD, as children their fathers: but reprobates, as hirelings their ⟨p. 15⟩maisters, whome they affect not so much or themselues, as for their wages.