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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.
§. 3 Of the particular causes of spiritual security, first, saving knowledge.
§. 3 Of the particular causes of spirituall securitie, first, sauing knowledge.
But besides these Graces in general, there are special Graces, which are the causes of this spiritual Security, both because the promise of it is made by God unto them, and because in this respect we become capable of it, and fit to apprehend and receive it when the Lord in mercy bestoweth it upon us. The first of these, is the saving Knowledge and remembrance of God and his saving Attributes, of Wisdom, Power, All-sufficiency, Mercy, Goodness, Love and Truth; not only as they are infinitely in God, and of his Essence and Nature; but as they extend and are exercised towards us. For when we acknowledge and remember, that God is infinite in all goodness and perfection, is our God, and we his Servants and Children; that he is infinite in wisdom, and knoweth what is best for us, how to prevent all dangers, to supply most fitly and fully all our wants, and to deliver us most seasonably from all evil both of sin and punishment; that he is infinite in power and able to do whatsoever he will, and can at pleasure destroy our Enemies, and defeat all their projects and purposes, and arm us with strength in our greatest weakness, so as we shall be able to over-come them, and withstand all their tentations; that he is all-sufficient, and by himself able to supply all our wants, as well without as with means; and a rich portion, which is sufficient to make them who enjoy him happy, in the absence of all earthly good and presence of all temporal miseries; that he is infinite in mercy, goodness and love towards us in Christ, and therefore as willing, as able to do that for us, which he knoweth to be best, and most fit to make us eternally happy, and that he is also infinite in truth, most infallibly verifying and accomplishing his Word and gracious Promises, made unto us of Grace and Glory, temporal protection and everlasting