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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
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.
The fourth Principle.
Q. But how mayest thou be made partaker of Christ, and his benefits?
A. A man of a contrite and humble spirit, by Faith alone▪ apprehending & applying Christ with all his merits unto him self, is justified before God and sanctified
1. A man of a contrite and humble spirit.
For thus saith he that is high and excellent he that inhabiteth eternity,1 whose name is the Holy one; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to give life to them that are of a contrite heart.
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