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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
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.
When thou hast thus prepared thy self by these1 three resolutions, then if thou do these 4. things following, thou mayest be sure to be clearly rid of all danger that can any way befall thee for thy sins past, though they were never so many, or great.
When thou hast thus prepared thy selfe by these1 three resolutions, then if thou do these 4. things following, thou maist be sure to be cleerly rid of al dāger that can any way befall thee for thy sinnes past, though they were neuer so many, or great.
- 1If we do 4. things, we are rid of the danger of all sins past.If we do 4. things, we are rid of the dāger of all sins past.
1. The first rule concerns1 the examination of ⟨p. 28⟩thy self, & it is this: Thou▪ must make thee a Catalogue of all the sins thou canst discern by thy self, and be sure thou do this seriously, and effectually; and for this purpose retire thy self into some secret place, and set thy self in Gods presence; and then call to mind all the sins thou canst remember by thy self particularly, write them down as they come to thy mind; ask thy self this question: What have I done all the days of my life, which if I were now to dye, would fear me, if they were not forgiven? Take the answer ⟨p. 29⟩to this question, as thy sins come to thy mind, till thou canst remember no more, so as thou couldst in the sincerity of thy hart say, that thou dealest plainly before the Lord, & doest not hide any fault, and out of the liking thou hast to any sin, dost not forbear to set it down.