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The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law…
The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law and grace the nature of the one and the nature of the other, showing what they are as they are the two covenants ... wherein for the better understanding of the reader there is several questions answered touching the law and grace ... : also several titles set over the several truths contained in this book, for thy sooner finding of them, which are those following the epistle / published by that poor and contemptible creature, John Bunyan of Bedford.The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law and grace the nature of the one and the nature of the other, shewing what they are as they are the two covenants ... wherein for the better understanding of the reader there is several questions answered touching the law and grace ... : also several titles set over the several truths contained in this book, for thy sooner finding of them, which are those following the epistle / published by that poor and contemptible creature, John Bunyan of Bedford.
London: printed for Nath. Ponder, 1685
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. Again, the Law is of that nature and severity, that it doth not only enquire into the generality of thy life, as touching several things, whether thou art upright there or no, but the Law doth also follow thee into all thy holy duties, and watcheth over thee there, to see whether thou doest do all things aright there, that is to say, whether when thou doest pray, thy heart hath no wandering thoughts in it; whether thou do every holy duty thou doest perfectly, without the least mixture of sin; and if it do find thee to slip, or in the least measure to fail in any holy duty that thou doest perform, the Law taketh hold on that, and findeth fault with that, so as to render all the holy duties that ever thou didst unavailable because of that: I say, if when thou art a hearing, ⟨p. 23⟩there is out one vain thought, or in praying but one vain thought, or in any other thing whatsoever, let it be civil or spiritual, one vain thought once in all thy life time, will cause the Law to take such hold on it, that for that one thing, it doth even set open all the Flood gates of Gods wrath against thee, and […] •••bly by that Covenant, it doth bring eternal vengeance upon thee. So that I say look which ways thou wilt, and fail wherein thou wilt, and do it as seldom as ever thou ca•sto, either in civil or spiritual things, as aforesaid; that is either in the service of God, or in thy employments in the world, as thy trade or calling, either in buying or selling any way, in any thing whatsoever: I say, if in any particular it findeth thee tardy, or in the least measure guilty, it calleth thee an offender, […] accuseth thee to God, it puts a stop to all the promises thereof, that are joined to the Law, and leaves thee there as a cursed transgressor against God, and a destroyer of thy own soul.
6. Again, the Law is of that nature and severity, that it doth not only enquire into the generallty of thy life, as touching several things, whether thou art upright there or no, but the Law doth also follow thee into all thy holy duties, and watcheth over thee there, to see whether thou doest do all things aright there, that is to say, whether when thou doest pray, thy heart hath no wandring thoughts in it; whether thou do every holy duty thou doest perfectly, without the least mixture of sin; and if it do find thee to slip, or in the least measure to fail in any holy duty that thou doest perform, the Law taketh hold on that, and findeth fault with that, so as to render all the holy duties that ever thou didst unavailable because of that: I say, if when thou art a hearing,