A47584:1431
The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
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.
First, Feelest thou thy soul fainting in faith, as Peter felt his body sink down in the waters? Secondly, Art thou as sore afraid that thy soul should drown in hell, if thou consentest or obeyest Idolatry, as Peter was that his body should drown in the waters? ⟨p. 77⟩3. Desirest thou as earnestly the deliverance of thy soul, as Peter did the deliverance of his body? 4. Believest thou that Christ is able to deliver thy soul, and that he will do the same, according to his promise? 5. Dost thou call upon him without hypocrisy, now in the day of thy trouble? 6. Dost thou thirst for his presence, and for the liberty of his Word again? 7. Mournest thou for the great abominations that now over-flows the Realm of England?
First, Feelest thou thy soul fainting in faith, as Peter felt his body sinke down in the waters? Secondly, Art thou as sore afraid that thy soule should drown in hell, if thou consentest or obeyest Idolatry, as Peter was that his body should drown in the waters? ⟨p. 77⟩3. Desirest thou as earnestly the deliverance of thy soul, as Peter did the deliverance of his body? 4. Believest thou that Christ is able to deliver thy soul, and that he will do the same, according to his promise? 5. Do'st thou call upon him without hypocrisie, now in the day of thy trouble? 6. Do'st thou thirst for his presence, and for the liberty of his Word again? 7. Mournest thou for the great abominations that now over-flowes the Realm of England?
If these premises (I say) remain in thy heart, then art thou not altogether destitute of faith, neither shalt thou descend to perdition for ever; but mercifully shall the Lord stretch forth his mighty hand, and shall deliver thee from the very throat and bottom of hell:1 But by what means that he shall perform that his merciful work, it neither appertaineth to thee to demand, nor to me to define: But this is requisite, and is our bounden duty, that such means as the hand of our God shall offer (to avoid Idolatry) we refuse not, but that willingly we embrace the same, albeit it partly disagree to our affections.