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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 second special privilege, is spiritual illumination.
§. Sect. 2 The second speciall priuiledge, is spirituall illumination.
The second special privilege and fruit of the Spirit, peculiar to the godly, is, that he openeth their eyes blinded with natural ignorance, 1so as they see the wonderful things of Gods Law, and enlighteneth their dark minds with supernatural, spiritual and heavenly Wisdom and prudence, so as they not only conceive of the high and hidden mysteries of Gods Kingdom, which the wisest of the world that are not thus illuminated, are not capable of; but also in a saving manner are able to bring all they know to use, for their spiritual direction in all the ways of godliness, which will bring them to heavenly happiness. For it is the oil of the Spirit, wherewith our eyes being anointed, do see and know all things. It is this comfortable 2School-master that teacheth us all things, as our Saviour speaketh; without whose instruction we remain ignorant of Gods will. For as no man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him; 3even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. And whatsoever God maketh known unto us of his secret counsels, he revealeth it unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things 4