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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.
Answ. Observe thine own heart in the entertainment of 1those vile injections. If thou abhor them as soon as they come in, and give no […] of consent unto them, thou art free. For Christ himself was tempted by evil cogitations cast into his mind: (for the Apostle saith) He was tempted in like manner as we ⟨p. 357⟩2are, and yet he was not guilty of the evil of the temptation. It is true, that for the most part we are infected in some degree or other by it: But yet it is not impossible for man to be free from the evil of temptation, as that example shows.
Answ. Obserue thine owne heart in the entertainment of 1those vile iniections. If thou abhorre them as soone as they come in, and giue no 〈…〉 of consent vnto them, thou art free. For Christ himselfe was tempted by euill cogitations cast into his mind: (for the Apostle saith) He was tempted in like manner as we ⟨p. 357⟩2are, and yet he was not guilty of the euill of the temptation. It is true, that for the most part we are infected in some degree or other by it: But yet it is not impossible for man to be free from the euill of temptation, as that example shewes.
- 1How we may know that we are not overcome of temptationsHow wee may know that wee are not ouercome of temptations
- 2Note.