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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. 3 That we must perform the duties of our callings in faith.
§ Sect. 3 That we must performe the duties of our callings in faith.
Unto the actions also and duties of our callings, that they may be acceptable unto God, divers things are required. And these are either such virtues and graces which go before, as being the causes of all our good actions and proceedings, or such as do accompany and attend upon them. Of the former sort, the first and principal is a true and lively faith, whereby I understand not only a justifying faith which assureth us of the remission of our sins, and of the love and favour of God, and which by uniting 1us unto the true vine Christ, doth enable us in him to bring forth the fruits of righteousness, without which we cannot please God, nor do any good thing, seeing all we do is sin; but also a particular act of this faith, whereby we are persuaded that our callings and the duties which we perform in them being pleasing unto God, the Lord will give a blessing upon all our labours and endeavours. For which purpose our faith must have a warrant and ground out of Gods Word, both enjoining these duties, and promising a blessing unto the performance of them. And thus shall we 2live the life of faith, which is so often commended unto us in the Scriptures, when as therein we do not only the religious duties of Gods service, but also the duties of our callings, whereby we shall be encouraged to go forward in them with all alacrity and cheerfulness, when as we are assured that God will bless those labours which himself hath required; and not be dismayed with those crosses and troubles which befall us in them, seeing we are sure, that by Gods blessing and gracious assistance, we shall overcome them, and have a good end and issue of all our labours.