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A fruitful treatise and full of heavenly consolation against the fear of death Whereunto…A frutefull treatise and ful of heauenly consolation against the feare of death Wherunto…
A fruitful treatise and full of heavenly consolation against the fear of death Whereunto are annexed certain sweet meditations of the kingdom of Christ, of life everlasting, and of the blessed state & felicity of the same. Gathered by that holy martyr of God, John Bradford.A frutefull treatise and ful of heauenly consolation against the feare of death Wherunto are annexed certeine sweet meditations of the kingdom of Christ, of life euerlasting, and of the blessed state & felicitie of the same. Gathered by that holy marter of God, Iohn Bradford.
London : Perused corrected & augmented according to the original, & imprinted in Fletestrete near to saint Dunstons Churche by William Powell, ca. 1564London : Perused corrected & augmented according to the originall, & imprinted in Fletestrete neere to saint Dunstons Churche by William Powell, ca. 1564
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The old man therefore is more stronger, justy, and stirring, then is the new man, because the birth of the new man is but begun ⟨image 45⟩now, and the old man is perfectly borne. And as the old man is more stirring, lusty, & stronger than the new man: so is the nature of him clean contrary to the nature of the new man, as being earthly & corrupt with Satan's seed, the nature of the new man being heavenly & blessed with the celestial seed of god. So that one man, in as much as he is corrupt with the seed of the serpent, is an old man: and in as much as he is blessed with the seed of God from above, he is a new man. And as, in as much as he is an old man, he is a sinner & an enemy to god: so in as much as he is regenerate, he is righteous, and help, and a friend to God, the seed of God preserving him from sin, so that he cannot sin, as the seed of the serpent, ⟨image 45⟩wherewith he is corrupt even from his conception, inclineth him, yea enforceth him to sin & nothing else but to sin. So that the best part in man before regeneration, in Gods sight, is not only an enemy, but enmity it self.
The olde man therefore is more stronger, iusty, and stirring, then is the new man, because the birth of the newe man is but begonne ⟨image 45⟩now, and the olde man is perfectly borne. And as the olde man is more stirringe, lustye, & stronger thē ye new man: so is ye nature of him cleane cōtrary to ye nature of ye new mā, as being earthly & corrupt wt Satans sede, ye nature of ye new mā beīg heauēly & blessed with the celestial seed of god. So that one man, in as much as he is corrupt with the seede of the serpente, is an olde man: and in as muche as hee is blessed with the seede of God from aboue, he is a new mā. And as, in as much as he is an old man, he is a sinner & an enemy to god: so in as much as he is regenerate, he is righteous, and helpe, and a frende to God, the seede of God preseruīg him from sinne, so that he cannot sinne, as the seede of the serpente, ⟨image 45⟩wherwith he is corrupt euen frō his cōception, inclineth him, yea enforceth him to sinne & nothing els but to sinne. Soo that the best part in man before regeneration, in Gods sight, is not onely an enemie, but enmitie it selfe.