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Two treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat…Tvvo treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat…
Two treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat of the flesh and spirit.Tvvo treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat of the flesh and spirit.
Cambridge: printed by John Legate printer to the University of Cambridge. 1593., 1593Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legate printer to the Vniversitie of Cambridge. 1593., 1593
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I. Case of a revolt.
Whether a man that hath professed Christ and his religion, yet afterward ⟨p. 58⟩in persecution denies Christ, and forswears the religion, may repent and be saved. Answer. It is a grievous estate: yet a man may come to repentance afterward. Manasseh fell away to idolatry and witchcraft: and yet was received to mercy. So did wise Solomon:1 and yet no doubt recovered and is received to life everlasting. My reason is, because God vouchsafed him to be a pen-man of some parts of holy scripture. And the scriptures were written not by such as were men of God only, but by such as were holy men of God. Peter denied Christ of knowledge against his2 own conscience, and that with cursing and banning: and yet came to repentance afterward, as appears by the testimony of Christ, I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not; 3therefore when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren.
WHether a man that hath professed Christ and his religion, yet afterwarde ⟨p. 58⟩in persecution denies Christ, and forsweares the religion, may repent and be saved. Answere. It is a grievous estate: yet a man may come to repentance afterward. Manasses fell away to idolatry and witchcraft: and yet was received to mercie. So did wise Salomon:1 and yet no doubt recovered and is received to life everlasting. My reason is, because God vouchsafed him to be a pen-man of some parts of holy scripture. And the sctiptures were written not by such as were men of God only, but by such as were holy men of God. Peter denyed Christ of knowledge against his