A44348:243
An exposition of the principles of religion
An exposition of the principles of religion by Tho. Hooker.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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.
Q. Wherein lies the difference between sin in a wicked, and a godly man?
Q. Wherein lyes the difference between sin in a wicked, and a godly man?
A. There is the nearest union that may be, between sin, and the soul of a wicked man: Sin beareth greatest rule here, and the soul yields greatest subjection unto it: He hath a secret resolution to sin in spite of God and his Ordinances.
A. There is the neerest union that may be, between sinne, and the soule of a wicked man: Sinne beareth greatest rule here, and the soule yeelds greatest subjection unto it: He hath a secret resolution to sinne in spight of God and his Ordinances.
But in a godly man the power of sin is loosened, and the union broken, sin is not in him as a King, though it may be as a Tyrant.
But in a godly man the power of sinne is loosened, and the union broken, sinne is not in him as a King, though it may be as a Tyrant.
Q. Can mortification and vivification be severed?