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The beginning of the doctrine of Christ. Or A catalogue of sins showing how…The beginning of the doctrine of Christ. Or A catalogue of sinnes shewing how…
The beginning of the doctrine of Christ. Or A catalogue of sins showing how a Christian may find out the evils, he must take notice of in his repentance. With rules, that show a course, how any Christian may be delivered from the guilt and power of all his sins. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word, at Isleworth in Middlesex.The beginning of the doctrine of Christ. Or A catalogue of sinnes shewing how a Christian may finde out the euils, hee must take notice of in his repentance. With rules, that shew a course, how any Christian may be deliuered from the guilt and power of all his sinnes. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word, at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed for R. Rounthwaite, 1619
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2. The second thing a1 man would desire to be satisfied in, (that hath been entered into the practice of Repentance) is, How he might come to be infallibly assured, concerning Gods favour, and his own salvation; and for answer hereunto, I have in the second Treatise gathered out of the Scriptures, signs of Gods own making, by which men may try their estate, and these such, as both describe wicked men, not yet in Christ, and such, as describe ⟨p. 7⟩godly men, that shall certainly be saved: and withal, I have now added directions, how by the help of those signs men may fettle their assurance, and how such, as yet want those signs, may attain them.
2. The second thing a1 man would desire to be satisfied in, (that hath beene entred into the practice of Repentance) is, How he might come to bee infallibly assured, concerning Gods fauour, and his owne saluation; and for answere hereunto, I haue in the second Treatise gathered out of the Scriptures, signes of Gods owne making, by which men may try their estate, and these such, as both describe wicked men, not yet in Christ, and such, as describe ⟨p. 7⟩godly men, that shall certainely bee saued: and withall, I haue now added directions, how by the help of those signes men may fettle their assurance, and how such, as yet want those signes, may attaine them.
- 1The Contents of the second book.The Contents of the secōd booke.
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