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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 The causes of spiritual security respecting God.
§. 1 The causes of spirituall securitie respecting God.
Having showed what spiritual Security is, it now followeth that we entreat of the Causes of it; which are of 1two sorts, the first respecting God, the other our selves. The chief and principal cause of it is Gods free grace, working this spiritual security in our hearts, that we may with greater joy and cheerfulness, perform unto him faithful service, when as we are assured, that though we have many enemies which oppose us in it, yet none shall be able to do us any hurt, nor ⟨p. 91⟩hinder us from receiving the recompense of reward, which the Lord of his free mercy and grace hath promised unto us. And thus David acknowledgeth that it was no wisdom, power or providence of his own, but the Lord only that did make him dwell in safety. And that 2he who dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, shall abide safe from all danger under the shadow of the Almighty. Secondly, we have this security by the free donation and legacy of Jesus Christ, who at his coming in the flesh, brought this peace with him, and caused it to be proclaimed by his holy Angels: Glory to God in the Highest, and on 3Earth peace, good will towards men. And leaving the Earth, bequeathed unto the faithful, and left this peace behind him. Peace I leave with 4you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth give I unto you (that is, a worldly and outward peace, for in the World ye shall have 5