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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.
§. 7 The sixth remedy is to make precious account of Gods grace and forbearance.
§. 7 The sixt remedie is to make precious account of Gods grace and forbearance.
The sixth means is, that we make precious account of Gods grace and forbearance, his patience and long suffering, and labour to have our hearts so affected with them, as that they may be wrought to Gods love and fear, whereby we shall be made careful and watchful, ⟨p. 69⟩that we do not displease this gracious and good God, who so loveth us, and whom we so love; or if through frailty we have incurred his displeasure, that we do with unwearied diligence seek his face and favour by renewing our repentance. For we may be assured that we shall not lose our labour, seeing he is so patient and slow to wrath, that he will receive us to grace if we turn unto him. And contrariwise, let us take heed of abusing this patience and long-suffering of God, by taking occasion and encouragement thereby to continue impenitently in our sins; seeing hereby we shall become so secure and hardhearted in our sinful courses, that whereas before we refused or 1delayed to repent, now repentance will refuse us, so as either it will never come into our thoughts, or else not be able to pierce into our hearts, they will be so hardened through Gods righteous Judgement for our gross abuse of his grace and goodness.
The sixt meanes is, that we make precious account of Gods grace and forbearance, his patience and long suffering, and labour to haue our hearts so affected with them, as that they may bee wrought to Gods loue and feare, whereby we shall be made carefull and watchfull,