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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.
4.1 If the Testimony of Gods Spirit be not so powerful in the elect, then they may judge of their election by their sanctification, which is an effect of the holy Ghost, even as we may judge by heat, that there is a fire, though we see no flame.
4.1 If the Testimony of Gods Spirit be not so powerfull in the elect, then they may judge of their election by their sanctification, which is an effect of the holy Ghost, even as we may judge by heat, that there is a fire, though we see no flame.
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5.1 We may know whether we be predestinate, or elect, or no, by these notable effects of sanctification.
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1. By feeling our wants, and by bewailing, in the bitterness of our hearts, our offending of God by our sins.