A69076:770
A treatise of Christian religion
A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole body and substance of divinity. By T.C.A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1616
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.
A. The Law shutteth all men, & all that is of man, under Sin: not to this end that they should perish, but contrariwise that they might be saved, that believe.
A. The Law shutteth all men, & all that is of man, vnder Sinne: not to this end that they should perish, but contrariwise that they might bee saued, that beleeue.
Q. Make that more plain.
Q. Make that more plaine.
A. The Apostle compareth the Law to a Justice of Peace, or a Sergeant which arresteth such as transgress 1the same, and layeth them in prison; not that they should perish there, with hunger, cold, or other annoyances of the prison: but that when they feel their misery, and discern, that of themselves, and by their own deserts they cannot get out of it, they should thereby be moved the more earnestly, to seek after the free pardon and grace of the Prince. And therefore it is not contrary to the promise of grace, but a special help towards the obtaining thereof.
A. The Apostle compareth the Law to a Iustice of Peace, or a Sergeant which arresteth such as transgresse 1the same, and laieth them in prison; not that they should perish there, with hunger, cold, or other annoyances of the prison: but that when they feele their miserie, and discerne, that of themselues, and by their owne deserts they cannot get out of it, they should thereby be moued the more earnestly, to seeke after the free pardon and grace of the Prince. And therefore it is not contrary to the promise of grace, but a speciall helpe towards the obtaining thereof.