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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. XII.
Whether when my Sanctification lieth prostrate, I may not prove my self in a state of Grace by my Sanctification?
Whether when my Sanctification lyeth prostrate, I may not prove my self in a state of Grace by my Sanctification?
Answer.
If my Justification lieth prostrate (that is, altogether dark and hidden from me (I cannot prove my self in a state of Grace by my Sanctification: For whilst I cannot believe that my Person is accepted in Justification, I cannot believe that my Works are accepted of God, as any true Sanctification.
If my Justification lyeth prostrate (that is, altogether dark and hidden from me (I cannot prove my selfe in a state of Grace by my Sanctification: For whilst I cannot beleeve that my Person is accepted in Justification, I cannot beleeve that my Works are accepted of God, as any true Sanctification.