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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.
1. In un-regenerate men it layeth sin open, and makes it known to them, Rom. 3. 20.
2. In unregenerate men it doth increase sin, and that because of the flesh, and this is the cause that men do decline from the Commandment, and incline to that which is forbidden them, Rom 7. 8, 9, 10.
2. In unregenerate men it doth encrease sin, and that because of the flesh, and this is the cause that men do decline from the Commandment, and encline to that which is forbidden them, Rom 7. 8, 9, 10.
3. It is to denounce eternal damnation for the least disobedience, without offering any hope of pardon.
This sentence the Law doth pronounce against offenders; and by it, it doth reign and rule over a man, partly by threatening him, and partly by terrifying him, Rom. 3. 19.