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The signs or An essay concerning the assurance of Gods love, and mans salvation…The signes or An essay concerning the assurance of Gods loue, and mans saluation…
The signs or An essay concerning the assurance of Gods love, and mans salvation gathered out of the holy Scriptures. By Nicholas Byfield, one of the preachers for the city of Chester.The signes or An essay concerning the assurance of Gods loue, and mans saluation gathered out of the holy Scriptures. By Nicholas Byfield, one of the preachers for the citty of Chester.
London: printed by John Beale for Jonah Man, 1614London: printed by Iohn Beale for Ionas Man, 1614
A SHORT Treatise concerning Assurance. › Section 5: 5. Faith.
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5. Faith.
Inasmuch, as there are divers kinds of faith, and experience shows in many that give no signs of repentance, that they will not be beaten from a confident persuasion, that Christ died for them, even for them in particular. It stands us in hand to try our persuasion by the ⟨p. 57⟩true rules of scripture, and if it will abide the trial of the touchstone, we may lay it up as hid treasure, and a wonderful grace of God, and if otherwise we may repent of presumption, as a deceivable sin.
INasmuch, as there are diuers kinds of faith, and experience shewes in many that giue no signes of repentance, that they will not bee beaten from a confident perswasion, that Christ died for them, euen for them in particular. It stands vs in hand to try our perswasion by the ⟨p. 57⟩true rules of scripture, and if it will abide the triall of the touchstone, we may lay it vp as hid treasure, and a wonderfull grace of God, and if otherwise we may repent of presumption, as a deceaueable sinne.
Faith may be tried. 1. By the Cause. 2. By the Properties. 3. By the Concomitants. 4. By the effects.