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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.
Faith is stirred up by earnest prayer, and meditation, and by making progress, and going on in the ways of perfection, and in the exercise of godliness.
The highest degree of Faith, is called [Greek or Hebrew], or full assurance, by this a man doth find in himself a certain persuasion and assurance, that God doth love him, & will together with Christ, and all his graces give him eternal life, Rom. 4. 20. and 8. 38. 1 Sam. 17. 36. Ps. 23. 6.
The highest degree of Faith, is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or full assurance, by this a man doth find in himself a certain perswasion and assurance, that God doth love him, & will together with Christ, and all his graces give him eternal life, Rom. 4. 20. and 8. 38. 1 Sam. 17. 36. Ps. 23. 6.
A man doth not come to high degree of Faith, till after a sense, and long experience of Gods love, and favour.