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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
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.
2. In such as see all is not well 1with them, the cause is slothfulness, mingled with horrible presumption: they had rather wear out their days in danger, then be at the pains to use the means for their own repentance and reformation: they will wretchlesly put it to the venture.
2. In such as see all is not well 1with them, the cause is slothfulnesse, mingled with horrible presumption: they had rather weare out their dayes in danger, then be at the paines to vse the means for their owne repentance and reformation: they will wretchlesly put it to the venture.
- 12. They are slothful.2. They are slothfull.
3. Others will adventure upon 1their common hope of mercy: they have certain general confused apprehensions of mercy in God, upon which they wilfully engage their hopes, without care of reformation, or the particular warrant of their hopes from the Word of God, and so miserably perish: their hopes proving but as the house of the Spider: and the imaginary mercy failing them, they die either as stocks without sense, or as Judas in horrible ⟨p. 203⟩despair.2
3. Others will aduenture vpon 1their common hope of mercy: they haue certaine generall confused apprehensions of mercy in God, vpō which they wilfully engage their hopes, without care of reformation, or the particular warrant of their hopes from the Word of God, and so miserably perish: their hopes prouing but as the house of the Spider: and the imaginarie mercy failing them, they die either as stockes without sense, or as Iudas in horrible