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The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven
The plain mans path-way to heaven Wherein every man may clearly see, whether he shall be saved or damned. Set forth dialogue-wise, for the better understanding of the simple: By Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex. Corrected and amended: with a table of all the principal matters; and three prayers necessary to be used in private families thereunto added.The plaine mans path-way to heauen Wherein euery man may cleerely see, whether he shall be saued or damned. Set forth dialogue-wise, for the better vnderstanding of the simple: By Arthur Dent, preacher of the vvord of God at South-Shoobery in Essex. Corrected and amended: vvith a table of all the principall matters; and three prayers necessarie to be vsed in priuate families thereunto added.
London: printed by Melchiside Bradwood for Edw. Bishop, 1607London: printed by Melchiside Bradwood for Edvv. Bishop, 1607
The plain mans path-way to Heaven.The plaine mans path-way to Heauen.
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.
Theol. God willeth not the death of a sinner simply, and absolutely, as it is the destruction of his creature; but as it is a mean to declare his justice, and to set forth his glory.
Theol. God willeth not the death of a sinner simply, and absolutely, as it is the destruction of his creature; but as it is a meane to declare his iustice, and to set forth his glory.
Antile. God did foresee, and foreknow, that the wicked would perish through their own sin: but yet he did not predestinate them unto it.
Antile. God did foresee, and foreknow, that the wicked would perish through their owne sinne: but yet he did not predestinate them vnto it.
Theol. Gods prescience and foreknowledge cannot be separated from his decree. For whatsoever God hath foreseen & foreknown in his eternal counsel, he hath determined the same shall come to pass. For as it appertaineth to his wisdom to foreknow and foresee all things, so doth it appertain to his power to moderate and rule all things according to his will.
Theol. Gods prescience and foreknowledge cannot be separated from his decrée. For whatsoeuer God hath foreséene & foreknowen in his eternall counsell, he hath determined the same shall come to passe. For as it apperteineth to his wisdom to foreknow and foresée all things, so doth it apperteine to his power to moderate and rule all things according to his will.