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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.
5. The confession & sorrows of the wicked ⟨p. 55⟩were not joined with any persuasion of Gods goodness, or any constant desire to find mercy with GOD in Jesus Christ.
5. The confession & sorrowes of the wicked ⟨p. 55⟩were not ioyned with any perswasion of Gods goodnesse, or any constant desire to find mercy with GOD in Iesus Christ.
Thus have I showed thee the directions, which concern this first and most weighty business that can concern thee.
Thus haue I shewed thee the directions, which concerne this first and most weighty businesse that can concerne thee.
There are three sorts of1 men whom this direction concerns. 1. Such as never repented. 2. Such as though they have repented, yet have not the comfort and assurance of their repentance, who by following these directions, ⟨p. 56⟩may make all out of doubt. 3. Such as after calling fall into gross sins: These have need to recover themselves by the help of these directions. The Catalogue following may serve for other uses, besides2 this of a mans practise in his repentance at his first conversion, or after Apostasy: For