The doubting believer, or, A treatiseThe doubting beleever, or, A treatise

Remember this, that the ⟨p. 211⟩first truths do support and maintain the rest, (as the corner-stone the rest of the building) and are as the original Will, which decides many scruples in Law. Hence is it, ¹that some men doubt about special conclusions, because they are ignorant of the general principles; which were they distinctly known, the falsity of any conclusion would easily become evident unto them. Men usually dispute first, and know last: As if a ²Soldier would range an Army, before he hath learned to handle his weapons. How ordinary is it to hear disputes ³of Original sin, of Predestination, of Redemption, of Faith and Justification, of Assurance and Obedience, of the degrees of grace and duty, of the direct and absolute way of life? &c. I say it is ordinary to hear some arguing of these, who yet ⟨p. 212⟩are ignorant of the nature of these. But,

Remember this, that the ⟨p. 211⟩first truths doe support and maintaine the rest, (as the corner-stone the rest of the building) and are as the originall Will, which decides many scruples in Law. Hence is it, ¹that some men doubt about speciall conclusions, because they are ignorant of the generall principles; which were they distinctly knowne, the falsity of any conclusion would easily become evident unto them. Men usually dispute first, and know last: As if a ²Souldier would range an Army, before he hath learned to handle his weapons. How ordinary is it to heare disputes ³of Originall sin, of Predestination, of Redemption, of Faith and Justification, of Assurance and Obedience, of the degrees of grace and duty, of the direct and absolute way of life? &c. I say it is ordinary to heare some arguing of these, who yet