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Sixteen questions of serious and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston…Sixteene questions of seriovs and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston…
Sixteen questions of serious and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston in New England together with his answer to each question.Sixteene questions of seriovs and necessary consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton of Boston in New England together with his answer to each question.
London: printed by E. P. for Edward Blackmore, 1644
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.
Quest. XV.
Whether it be not a safe way to conclude my safe estate by my practical Reasoning?
Whether it be not a safe way to conclude my safe estate by my practicall Reasoning?
Answer.
It is not an unsafe, but a lawful way to conclude a mans safe Estate by way of Practical Reasoning, so it be, the Reason be not carnal but spiritual. One Proposition being expressed in the Word, or safely deducted thence; the other being the experimental observation of a good Conscience, enlightened by the Spirit of God, and looking up to Christ to clear the Conclusion from both. Nevertheless a good Conscience will not satisfy himself in this way till it be established by the, Witness of the Spirit; or if it should so satisfy and rest it fesse for a Season, God will awaken it in time, to a Sense further need of Christ.
It is not an unsafe, but a lawfull way to conclude a mans safe Estate by way of Practicall Reasoning, so it be, the Reason be not carnall but spirituall. One Proposition being expressed in the Word, or safely deducted thence; the other being the experimentall observation of a good Conscience, enlightened by the Spirit of God, and looking up to Christ to cleare the Conclusion from both. Neverthelesse a good Conscience will not satisfie himselfe in this way till it be established by the, Witnesse of the Spirit; or if it should so satisfie and rest it fesse for a Season, God will awaken it in time, to a Sense further need of Christ.