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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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5. In the fifth place, If a man ask himself what yet he wants that is necessary for his state, he may, and ought to bethink himself of this question; What are these necessary truths, ⟨p. 10⟩which God hath absolutely tied him to know and believe, without which he cannot be saved, and which are fundamentally needful for him. To this end I have collected a fifth Treatise, the principles of which are an extract out of all the Doctrine of religion, of such truths in every part of religion, as a man is bound of necessity to know; and this I have not only proved by Scripture, but showed what uses he may put such knowledge to, all the days of his life.
5. In the fift place, If a man aske himselfe what yet hee wants that is necessary for his state, hee may, and ought to bethink himselfe of this question; What are these necessary trueths, ⟨p. 10⟩which God hath absolutely tied him to know and belieue, without which hee cannot be saued, and which are fundamentally needfull for him. To this end I haue collected a fift Treatise, the principles of which are an extract out of all the Doctrine of religion, of such truths in euery part of religion, as a man is bound of necessity to know; and this I haue not onely proued by Scripture, but shewed what vses hee may put such knowledge to, all the daies of his life.
6. The sixth & last thing which ought to be enquired after, is, how a man ⟨p. 11⟩thus fitted to live the life of God, may also be cured of the fear of death; and to this end I have published that Treatise of the Cure of the fear of Death: which shows plain and comfortable ways, how any Christian may deliver his heart from those fears.
6. The sixt & last thing which ought to bee enquired after, is, how a man