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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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V. Case of death.
Whether the repentant sinner can always show him-self comfortable, on his death bed. Answer. Though the comfort of Gods spirit shall never be abolished from his heart: yet he ⟨p. 64⟩can not always testify it. For he may die of a burning ague: and by reason of the extremity of his fits, be troubled with idleness of head, and break out into raving speeches & blasphemies. Likewise he may die of sickness in the brain, and be troubled with grievous convulsions: so as his mouth shall be writhen to his ears, his neck turned behind him: and the very place where he lies shall shake through his trembling, as daily experience will testify. Neither is any to think this strange. For Solomon saith, All things (in outward matters) come alike to all & the same 1condition is to the just & to the wicked: to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not.
WHether the repentant sinner can alwayes shevve him-selfe comfortable, on his death bedde. Answere. Though the comfort of Gods spirite shall never be abolished from his heart: yet hee ⟨p. 64⟩can not alwayes testifie it. For he may die of a burning ague: and by reason of the extremitie of his fits, be troubled with idlenesse of head, and breake out into raving speeches & blasphemies. Likewise hee may die of sicknesse in the braine, and be troubled with grievous convulsions: so as his mouth shall be writhen to his eares, his necke turned behind him: and the very place where he lyes shall shake through his trembling, as daily experience will testifie. Neither is any to thinke this strange. For Salomon saith, All things (in outward matters) come alike to all & the same