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A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
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.
§. Sect. 3 That all those deceive themselves, who disjoin faith from a godly life.
§. Sect. 3 That all those deceiue themselues, who disioyne faith from a godly life.
Where by the way we may perceive that divers sorts of men are notably deceived, and cozen themselves of their own salvation. As first, carnal gospellers and profane protestants, who brag of their faith as being strong and certain, and yet live in all impiety and unrighteousness, bringing forth no fruits of their faith in good works, and the duties of a godly life. Secondly, civill worldlings, and superstitious Papists, who pleasing themselves with their blind devotion, will-worship, humane inventions, and some outward shows of good works, as fastings, penances, almsdeeds, hospitality and such like, do think God also pleased with them, and will reward them with heavenly happiness; when as they are destitute of true faith, and utterly ignorant of God and his will, making no conscience of the duties of the first Table, to perform them in that manner which God hath required; but either neglect them altogether, or else do them according to their own meanings, wills, and humane inventions and traditions. Thirdly, such as being touched with some inward guilt of conscience for their sins, through some affliction, or upon the hearing of some powerful Sermon, do somewhat grieve for their sins, and so betake themselves, at least in many things, to a new course of life. The which, their sorrow accompanied with this reformation, they think pleasing to God, and sufficient to secure them of their salvation, though they be destitute of the saving knowledge of God, and a lively faith in Christ, and do these duties, not out of love towards God, following their assurance of his love towards them; but out of self-love,