A17410:319
The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of…
The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of our lives, prescribed in the Scripture concerning our carriage: towards God, towards men, towards our selves. With general rules of preparation, that concern either the helps, or the manner of a holy conversation. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of our liues, prescribed in the Scripture concerning our carriage: towards God, towards men, towards our selues. With generall rules of preparation, that concerne either the helps, or the maner of a holy conuersation. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by George for Ralph Rounthwaite, 1619
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Thirdly, by Baptism I was assured of the virtue of the death of Christ to kill sin in me: And shall I not believe the operation of God, that he can deliver me from the power, or powerful temptations, or inclinations to any sin? Shall I not seek strength of Christ? or shall I betray my self to the devil and ⟨p. 164⟩the flesh? In Christ I am dead to sin, and shall I yet live therein? Rom. 6. 1, 3. Col. 2. 12.
Thirdly, by Baptisme I was assured of the vertue of the death of Christ to kill sinne in me: And shall I not beleeue the operation of God, that hee can deliuer me from the power, or powerfull temptations, or inclinations to any sinne? Shall I not seek strength of Christ? or shall I betray my selfe to the deuill and ⟨p. 164⟩the flesh? In Christ I am dead to sinne, and shall I yet liue therein? Rom. 6. 1, 3. Col. 2. 12.
Thirdly, our Baptism must be used against the doubts of persevering, or whether we shall be kept unto salvation, and whether our bodies shall be raised again at the last Day: for God hath assured all this unto us in our Baptism, that we have our part not only in the death of Christ, but also in the resurrection of Christ: and if Christ be raised in us, Christ can die no more, either in himself, or in our hearts, ⟨p. 165⟩and the same power, that raised him out of the grave, will also raise up our bodies at the last Day, as is pleaded,