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The foundation of Christian religion gathered into six principles and it is to be…
The foundation of Christian religion gathered into six principles and it is to be learned of ignorant people that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort. : [Two lines from Psalms] / By William Perkins.
printed by Samuel Green, 1682
The Exposition of the Six Principles. › Exposition 5: The fifth Principle Expounded.
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.
Q. How know you that the Scriptures are the Word of God, and not mens policies?
Q. How know you that the Scriptures are the VVord of God, and not mens policies?
A. I am assured of it: first, bbecause the holy Ghost persuadeth my conscience that it is so: secondly, I see it by experience; for the preaching of the cScriptures have the power of God in them to humble a man when they are preached, ⟨p. 32⟩and to cast him down to hell, and afterward to restore and raise him up again.
A. I am assured of it: first, bbecause the holy Ghost perswadeth my conscience that it is so: secondly, I see it by experience; for the preaching of the cScriptures have the power of God in them to humble a man when they are preached, ⟨p. 32⟩and to cast him down to hell, and afterward to restore and raise him up again.