A15859:306
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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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.
Musculm in loc•s communibus, Of remission of sins, cap. 6. concludeth That forgiveness of sins, once obtained, cannot in the Elect be made frustrate; and that for this reason, ⟨p. 278⟩because they never so do sin that they fall away from grace: saith he, Every sin doth not extinguish grace precedent; but the return to our old impiety, as to the vomit, doth extinguish it. It is one thing to defile the feet, after the Laver; and another thing, to tumble again with the whole body, like the filthy sow, in the filthy wallow. It is one thing if the wife do often offend her husband; and another, if being faithless she doth violate by adultery the conjugal faith and bond, and do make her self devoided of all matrimonial association. So it is one thing, simply to sin, which is incident even to th• sons of God; another thing, utterly to fall away from the grace of God, to slide away to crucify Christ a fresh, and to expose him unto reproach, which is the property of the reprobate, not of the Elect. Of the latter kind of sinning the Epistle to the Hebrews speaketh, not of the former; thereupon cap. 10, he speaketh expressly, ⟨p. 279⟩By how greater punishment shall be vexed think yea, who trampleth under foot the Son of GOD, and doth recompe the blood of the Testament as a thing profane, by which he was sanctified, and doth despite the spirit of grace. He speaketh of the same relapse whereof he treated cap. 6. Of the former the Apostle, 1. Joh. 2. speaketh, If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father. These things Musculus.
Musculm in loc•s communibus, Of remission of sinnes, cap. 6. concludeth That forgiuenesse of sinnes, once obtained, cannot in the Elect bee made frustrate; and that for this reason, ⟨p. 278⟩because they neuer so doe sinne that they fall away from grace: saith he, Euery sinne doth not extinguish grace praecedent; but the returne to our old impretie, as to the vomit, doth extinguish it. It is one thing to defile the feet, after the Lauer; and another thing, to tumble againe with the whole body, like the filthie sowe, in the filthy wallow. It is one thing if the wife doe often offend her husband; and another, if being faithlesse shee doth violate by adulteie the coniugall faith and bond, and doe make her selfe deuoided of all matrimoniall association. So it is one thing, simply to sinne, which is incident euen to th sonnes of God; another thing, vtterly to fall awaic from the grace of God, to slide away to crucife Christ a fresh, and to exexpose him vnto reproch, which is the propertie of the reprobate, not of the Elect. Of the latter kinde of sinning the Epistle to the Hebrewes speaketh, not of the former; therevpon cap. 10, he speaeketh expreslie,