A69075:2311
Christian religion
Christian religion: substantially, methodically[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitably treatisedChristian religion: substantially, methodicalli[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitablie treatised
London: printed by Felix Kingston for Thomas Man, 1611
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Very great: First, for that we in Adam have lost the right of them all; which in Christ the heir of the world we only recover: so that although we possess them, yet are we not right owners of them but by faith, which is declared by prayer for them.
Very great: First, for that wee in Adam haue lost the right of them all; which in Christ the heire of the world wee onely recouer: so that although wee possesse them, yet are wee not right owners of them but by faith, which is declared by prayer for them.
1Secondly, for that the things we do possess, we may easily a hundred ways be thrust from the possession of them, before we come to use them; according to the proverb, that many things come between the cup and the lip.
1Secondly, for that the things we doe possesse, wee may easilie a hundred waies bee thrust from the possession of them, before wee come to vse them; according to the prouerbe, that many things come betweene the cup and the lippe.
1Lastly, for that although we have the use of them, yet will they not profit us, neither in feeding nor clothing us, unless we have the blessing of God upon them; yea without them which they may be hurtful, and poisonable unto us. By all which reasons it may appear, that the rich are as well to use this petition as the poorest.