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A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…
A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nebuchadnezzars subversion. Set forth by William Wheatley Master of Art, and preacher of Gods word.A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Thomas Creed for John Deane and John Baily, 1602London: printed by Thomas Creed for Iohn Deane and Iohn Baily, 1602
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Secondly, for the knowledge of thy end, it is not opened in the word of God, and therefore it appertaineth to his unrevealed will, and thou must not seek further, and busy thy self in the secrets of God, as conjurers, and figure-flingers, and star-tooters do.
Secondly, for the knowledge of thy end, it is not opened in the word of God, and therefore it appertaineth to his vnreuealed will, and thou must not seeke further, and busie thy selfe in the secrets of God, as coniurers, and figure-flingers, and starre-tooters doo.
Therefore I answer thee, as Christ did his Disciples, enquiring of him to know the like matter, saying:1 It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power.
Therefore I answere thee, as Christ did his Disciples, enquiring of him to know the like matter, saying:1 It is not for you to knowe the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his owne power.
- 1Act. 1.7.
Thirdly, the knowledge of our last end is hidden from us, to the end men should not encourage themselves to sin, and presume of repentance a little before their end. Therefore well saith Augustine: 1Diem nobis novissinum mortis nostrae abscondit, ne nobis de futuro aliquid promittamus.