A15859:151
Speculum Christianum
Speculum Christianum or, A Christian survey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, grave, and learned divine, master Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseverance of the saints. 3. A summary abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.Speculum Christianum or, A Christian suruey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, graue, and learned diuine, maister Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseuerance of the saints. 3. A summarie abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.
London: printed by George Eld, 1614
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
NOW hear you what I will understand by the name of Saints. This name (Saint) when it is attributed to Men, first it is generally taken for all them who have consecrated themselves to the true God, and given their names to Christ, and do profess him and his religion, whether it be before God truly and sincerely, or if it be before men only. So the people of Israel, though they were not all truly sanctified, yet are they called totally holy. So Paul calleth all Saints, who have given their name to Christ. Rom. 1. So 1. Pet. 2. All Christians to whom he writ, he calleth an holy nation, ⟨p. 128⟩royal Priesthood. But specially […] properly this name is taken for th•• which are not only called; but […] in verity Saints in the sight of God▪ And they are thus described in scr•• ture. Who being elected from all •n•• nitie in Christ, and after in time […] called to Christ, according to purpose•• and endued with true faith in Christ and truly justified by Christ, […] regenerate by the holy Spirit, […] and engrafted into Christ, and so […] grafted, that now sin hath no d••• nion in them, but Christ; neither […] they walk any more after the flesh, […] after the spirit, and they are so […] by the spirit of Christ, and preserved, as they are both affected with a perpetual love of the Law of God, and withal they continually bend their care for the keeping thereof; and on the contrary, inflamed with a constant hatred of sin, they likewise continually fight against sin: and they do so fight that although at some time through the remissness of the strength of the ⟨p. 130⟩spirit, and debility of faith, and by the excessive violence of the flesh and sin, in the battle (as it were unhorsed) they be thrown upon the ground, and so suffer and do many things they would not, and many things they would do they cannot perform; yet forthwith being set on foot by the force of the spirit, they redmegrae the combat again. By these marks plentifully in holy Scripture are the true Saints pourtraited; specially in the Psalms, and Epistles of Paul: