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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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yAfter that he hath sinned, he doth in many things in which he is faulty, amend and reform his life, and doth profess great holiness outwardly. Herod, he did many things which John Baptist in preaching moved him unto. Saul, when he was to be chosen king, professed great humility. Sam. 9. 21. They may repress their vices & corruptions, and so moderate themselves that they break not out: zas did Haman; of whom it is written: that when he was full of indignation against Mordecai, yet he refrained himself. And herein the elect and the reprobate differ: for athe elect are somewhat reformed in every one of their sins. But the reprobate, though he be amended in many faults: yet some one fault or other, he cannot abide to have it reformed, and by that, in a vile manner the devil wholly possesseth him. As Herod, who did many things, yet would not leave his brothers wife. And no doubt, in Judas most of his sins in appearance were mortified: and yet by covetousness the devil possessed him, ⟨p. 18⟩and held him fast chained in bondage undo him. For one sin is sufficient to him, th• by it he may bring a man to damnation.
yAfter that hee hath sinned, hee doth in many things in which he is faultie, amende and reforme his life, and doth professe great holines outwardly. Herode, hee did manie thinges which Iohn Baptist in preaching moued him vnto. Saule, when he was to be chosen king, professed great humilitie. Sam. 9. 21. They may represse their vices & corruptions, and so moderate themselues that they breake not out: