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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.
§. 1 Of the general Parts of this Treatise.
TO which purpose let us now speak more specially of it. And for our more orderly proceeding, I will first show what it is, that so knowing, we may the better avoid it. Secondly, the causes of it and means, which Satan and our own corruption use to work it in us. Thirdly, the divers sorts and kinds of this Vice. Fourthly, how we may know the one from the other. Fifthly, the signs whereby we may discern, whether and how far forth we are tainted and infected with this deadly poison: and lastly, the means whereby we may either be preserved from falling into it, or recovered, if we be already over-taken.
TO which purpose let vs now speake more specially of it. And for our more orderly proceeding, I will first shew what it is, that so knowing, wee may the better auoid it. Secondly, the causes of it and meanes, which Satan and our owne corruption vse to worke it in vs. Thirdly, the diuers sorts and kinds of this Vice. Fourthly, how we may know the one from the other. Fiftly, the signes whereby we may discerne, whether and how farre forth we are tainted and infected with this deadly poyson: and lastly, the meanes whereby we may either be preserued from falling into it, or recouered, if we be alreadie ouer-taken.