A15859:182
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
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If the Saints, when they sin with will, do sin with the total and full will and with the whole heart, then they do not •ate sin in any part or detest and nill it; but this is most false, and dissonant to the holy writings; Rom. 7. The Apostle thus speaketh of all the Saints and Regenerate, being in his own person represented: The Law is spiritual, but I am carnal (scilic•t according to the outward man) sold under sin; that is, under the tyranny of original sin, as a bought servant under the tyranny of his Master; but such servants do not love their tyrannical Masters, neither do they willing service unto them, for they do always desire liberty. ⟨p. 164⟩Therefore he teacheth▪ […] Saints do always hate […] when they […] they […] full will from the heart. […] he more fully explain▪ […] addeth; for what […] I allow not; that is, […] commend it, nor in the will […] outward man do I […] it, […] of these he signifieth by the […] [Greek or Hebrew], as elsewhere often […]; as Rom. 9. •e hath […] his people which •e […], […] knew to be his, and before […] […] So Mat. 11. I kn•w you n•t; […] w•th in the Apostle, Not that […] I would, that I do, but that […] that I do, that is, that which I […] in the will of the spirit, that […] I do not. […], that […] good, but that which I hate […] spirit▪ that I do a• […] […] that which is evil. He […] teacheth that in the […] they •e regenerate, there […] an hatred of sin, although▪ […] be carnal, they do always […] ⟨p. 165⟩