A36315:216
Captives bound in chains made free
Captives bound in chains made free by Christ their surety, or, The misery of graceless sinners and their recovery by Christ their saviour by T. Doolittle.
London: printed by A.H. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1674
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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.
CHAP. IX.
Containing the 8, 9, 10. Chain or Bond of these Captives.
8. Another Chain by which some are held captive is the Examples of others. And these are either the examples 1. of those that lived formerly, or 2. those that are now alive. And saith one, I am of the same Religion as my forefathers were; my Father, and my Fathers Father were of this way; and who will say our forefathers were not Redeemed, nor are saved? who will say that our fore-fathers died captives and are gone down to hell? will any zealous Preacher of them all condemn our Fore-fathers? And should we be wiser than our Fore-fathers? Besides, if we look unto this present age, saith another, the greatest part of the world live as I do, or worse; and if my condition is not good, God help many others: will God send such multitudes to hell? and if I be damned, woe be to thousands; it will be others case as well as mine. Both these ways are persons held in their captivity; towards breaking then of this Bond and cutting off of this Chain, consider in answer to the first.
8. ANother Chain by which some are held captive is the Examples of others. And these are either the examples 1. of those that lived formerly, or 2. those that are now alive. And saith one, I am of the same Religion as my forefathers were; my Father, and my Fathers Father were of this way; and who will say our forefathers were not Redeemed, nor are saved? who will say that our fore-fathers died captives and are gone down to hell? will any zealous Preacher of them all condemn our Fore-fathers? And should we be wiser than our Fore-fathers? Besides, if we look unto this present age, saith another, the greatest part of the world live as I do, or worse; and if my condition is not good, God help many others: will God send such multitudes to hell? and if I be damned, wo be to thousands; it will be others case as well as mine. Both these ways are persons held in their captivity; towards breaking then of this Bond and cutting off of this Chain, consider in answer to the first.