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The signs of the wicked man Together with directions that show how the several…The signes of the wicked man Together with directions that shew how the seuerall…
The signs of the wicked man Together with directions that show how the several gifts and graces of Gods spirit may be attained. Needful for such as want those graces, and for such as desire to increase in them. By N. Bifield, preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The signes of the wicked man Together with directions that shew how the seuerall gifts and graces of Gods spirit may be attained. Needfull for such as want those graces, and for such as desire to increase in them. By N. Bifield, preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by George Purslow for Ralph Rounthwaite, 1619London: printed by George Purslovv for Ralph Rounthvvaite, 1619
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2. Thou must in a special manner •a•ch, and strive against Hypocrisy, and that in two things chiefly: First, that in thy ⟨p. 113⟩setting out into Religion, thou fashion not thy course more to get credit then grace. 2. Secondly, that in Gods service thou by all means avoid distractions, and so resist and check thy proneness of heart thereunto, judging thy self severely, when thou so offendest, till thou be able in some happy degree to serve God with thy spirit as well as with thy body: The habit of dissembling with GOD is extremely dangerous.
2. Thou must in a speciall manner •a•ch, and striue against Hypocrisie, and that in two things chiefely: First, that in thy ⟨p. 113⟩setting out into Religion, thou fashion not thy course more to get credit then grace. 2. Secondly, that in Gods seruice thou by all meanes auoide distractions, and so resist and check thy pronenesse of heart thereunto, iudging thy selfe seuerely, when thou so offendest, till thou be able in some happy degree to serue God with thy spirit as wel as with thy body: The habite of dissembling with GOD is extremely dangerous.
3. In thy conversation take heed of that fearful carelessness of the most ⟨p. 114⟩men, showed in the known and wilful practice of sin, upon pretence that it is but a small offence, or secret: Take heed of the sins of deceit, how gainful soever they might be to thee: thou mayest together with uprightness lose the Kingdom of heaven, for daring so wilfully to break one of those little commandments,