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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. 2 The 2. reason taken from that desire which should be in us to glorify God.
§. Sect. 2 The 2. reason taken from that desire which should be in vs to glorifie God.
Secondly, Gods manifold and rich mercies should move us in thankfulness to glorify him, who hath been so good and gracious 1unto us, which is the main end why the Lord hath bestowed all his blessings and benefits upon us. For therefore he hath created us, that we should glorify him by our service; and for this end he hath redeemed us, that we should worship and serve him in holiness and righteousness, and that being no longer our own, but his, we should (as the Apostle exhorteth us) glorify him in our souls and bodies. Therefore hath he called us to be a chosen generation, a Royal Priesthood, an holy 2nation, a peculiar people, that we should show forth the praises of him, who hath called us out of darkness into his marvellous light. And this is the end why the Apostle prayeth so earnestly for the Thessalonians, that he would count them worthy of their calling, and fulfil in them all the 3good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of Faith and power; to wit, that the name of the Lord Jesus Christ might be glorified in them, and they in him. Now we thus glorify God, not by adding any thing to his glory, but as we are instruments of manifesting it; or give occasion unto others of glorifying him. And thus we glorify him in our regeneration and New birth, when as his infinite wisdom, power and goodness do more wonderfully shine to his glory, in that marvellous change of our nature from death to life, from sinful uncleanness, to purity and holiness; and of our state from the deepest misery, to the highest happiness, then in our first creation. Thus also we glorify him by our fruits of new obedience, according to that of our Saviour, Hereby is