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The opening of heaven gatesThe opening of heauen gates
The opening of heaven gates, or The ready way to everlasting life Delivered in a most familiar dialogue, between reason and religion, touching predestination, Gods word, and mans free-will, to the understanding of the weakest capacity, and the confirming of the more strong. By Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God, at South-Shoobery in Essex.The opening of heauen gates, or The ready way to euerlasting life Deliuered in a most familier dialogue, betweene reason and religion, touching predestination, Gods word, and mans free-will, to the vnderstanding of the weakest capacitie, and the confirming of the more strong. By Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God, at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by G. Eld for John Wright, 1610London: printed by G. Eld for Iohn Wright, 1610
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.
Rel. For my part, I have little to say t• those Monsters, neither by the grace • ⟨p. 7⟩God, in any society, will I have to do with them, but my prayer, shall be that the •ord will suddenly turn their hearts, or • his good time, pay them their just de•rts. Truly of this sort of men, I thank God, in all my days (although I have •ard of many) did I never know more •en three, which if it had pleased the1 •ord, were to many by two and one; these •ree, were natural brethren, men ma• love politic in sundry sciences, and worldly wise, but we the judgements of God: the two •ounge• were hanged, not many years since justly condemned for ••gh •reason, and the third being the elder brother, was taken in adultery, and with • knife jabbed in, and slain by the hands of his own wife: and so far as I understand, ther• is not one of the name left •live. The fool (saith the Prophet) doth2 say in his •••art there is no God, and doubtless they which with their tongues do profane his word deny not y• same thing, or at least y• which is as •u•l: for besides, that between God and his word there is always a mutual relation, so as the one not without the other, we find in the