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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Secondly, That though they be grievous, yet they are good and profitable, in that by them we are ⟨p. 170⟩humbled for our sins before God, and obtain peace, and holiness of life, 2 Cor. 1. 9. Isai 26. 16. Hos 5. 15. Psal. 78. 34. Jer. 31. 18. Heb. 2. 10. and 12. 11. Ps. 30. 5. Joh. 15. 2.1 1 Pet. 1. 6. 2 Cor. 1. 4. Rom. 5▪ 3.
- 1Afflictions are the godly mens high way to Heaven.
Afflictions in the godly are signs of their adoption, Heb. 12. 6, 7. It is a praise for the godly to do well, and for it to suffer evil patiently at the hands of the wicked, 1 Pet. 2. 20.