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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
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. It makes a man humble and lowly, in the same measure that one abounds in true knowledge, in the same measure he is made more lowly and meek, and careful in all his ways;1 no scorner can find this wisdom.
2. It makes a man humble and lowlie, in the same measure that one abounds in true knowledge, in the same measure hee is made more lowlie and meeke, and carefull in all his waies;1 no scorner can finde this wisedome.
3. It mortifieth boisterous & unruly, hateful ⟨p. 116⟩& hurtful affections, it will make a lion become a lamb, and a bear,1 or a wolf, or a cockatrice, to be willingly guided, even by a little child, &c.
3. It mortifieth boisterous & vnrulie, hatefull ⟨p. 116⟩& hurtfull affections, it will make a lion become a lambe, and a beare,1 or a wolfe, or a cockatrice, to be willingly guided, euen by a little childe, &c.