B02626:101
The plain mans path-way to heaven
The plain mans path-way to heaven wherein every man may clearly see whether he shall be saved or damned. / Set forth dialogue-wise for the better understanding of the simple, by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by Ja. Young for G. Lathum, 1643
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.
Phil. Cannot a man will and desire ⟨p. 14⟩that which is good before he be born again?
Phil. Cannot a man will and desire ⟨p. 14⟩that which is good before hee be born again?
Theol. No more then a dead man can desire the good things of this life. For mans will is not tree to consent unto good, till it be enlarged by grace: and an unregenerate man doth sin necessarily, though not by constraint. For mans will is free from constraint (for it sinneth of it self) but not from thraldom unto sin.
Theol. No more then a dead man can desire the good things of this life. For mans will is not tree to consent unto good, till it be enlarged by grace: and an unregenerate man doth sin necessarily, though not by constraint. For mans will is free from constraint (for it sinneth of it self) but not from thraldome unto sin.
Phil. You speak, as if a man could do no other thing but sin till the new work be wrought in him.