A25470:1201
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
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.
6. Position. 6. That in divers men, there are divers degrees of this assurance, and in the fame man different degrees at divers times, but in no man at any time, in this life perfection of degrees; For our understanding is imperfect, both as to the faculty and its acts. And though the mind is curing, yet it will not be perfectly cured in this life, from that darkness that befell it, by mans Apostasy from God. For we have but an imperfect knowledge of Faith and Love: and while we have but an imperfect knowledge of the premises, we cannot give a perfect assent to the conclusion. And no man hath such perfection of degrees, of the assurance of his salvation, in an ordinary way, as that one degree more cannot be added to the former; neither is there any repugnancy in asserting an infallible assurance, and denying a perfect assurance, for I infallibly know that there is a God, and that ⟨p. 307⟩this God is good and just; and yet I have not a perfect knowledge of a deity; or of his goodness and justice, for in this life we know but in part. 1 Cor. 13.11, 12.
6. Position. 6. That in divers men, there are divers degrees of this assurance, and in the fame man different degrees at divers times, but in no man at any time, in this life perfection of degrees; For our understanding is imperfect, both as to the faculty and its acts. And though the minde is curing, yet it will not bee perfectly cured in this life, from that darkness that beefel it, by mans Apostacy from God. For wee have but an imperfect knowledge of Faith and Love: and while wee have but an imperfect knowledge of the premises, wee cannot give a perfect assent to the conclusion. And no man hath such perfection of degrees, of the assurance of his salvation, in an ordinary way, as that one degree more cannot bee added to the former; neither is there any repugnancy in asserting an infallible assurance, and denying a perfect assurance, for I infallibly know that there is a God, and that ⟨p. 307⟩this God is good and just; and yet I have not a perfect knowledge of a deity; or of his goodness and justice, for in this life wee know but in part.