A54381:1347
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.
7.1 He that as yet feeleth none of these effects in his heart, must not upon this conclude himself to be reprobate, but he must endeavour by the reading of the word of God, and by the use of the Sacraments, and chiefly by fervent and ⟨p. 202⟩earnest prayer to come to an inward sense of the power of Christ drawing him to himself by his Spirit, and thus to come to an assurance of his redemption by Christs death and passion.
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8.1 No man can certainly say of himself, or of any other that he is reprobate, for God doth oftentimes prefer those to be in his Kingdom, which in the sight of men seem to be most estranged from his favour; and above them also which in outward appearance, and in the judgement of men are the Children of the Kingdom; Thus were the Publicans and Harlots, preferred before the Pharisees by Christ, Matth. 21. 31.
8.1 No man can certainly say of himself, or of any other that he is reprobate, for God doth oftentimes prefer those to be in his Kingdom, which in the sight of men seem to be most estranged from his favour; and above them also which in outward appearance, and in the judgement of men are the Children of the Kingdom; Thus were the Publicanes and Harlots, preferred before the Pharisees by Christ, Matth. 21. 31.
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