Sinnes inward.
The true tryall and examination of a mans owne selfe wherein euery faithfull Christian, by looking into his conscience, may most plainely behold his spirituall deformity by nature, described, his actuall rebellion by disobedience detected, his promise breach at baptisme, by ordinary transgression apparantly proued, his lamentable estate through sinne discouered, his wilfull obstinacie by dayly disorder displayed, and lastly howe by earnest repentaunce, and faith in Christ Iesu, he is from all the same clearely pardoned, forgiuen, released and reconciled / done in Englishe by Tho. Newton.
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- The true tryall and examination of a mans owne selfe wherein euery faithfull Christian, by looking into his conscience, may most plainely behold his spirituall deformity by nature, described, his actuall rebellion by disobedience detected, his promise breach at baptisme, by ordinary transgression apparantly proued, his lamentable estate through sinne discouered, his wilfull obstinacie by dayly disorder displayed, and lastly howe by earnest repentaunce, and faith in Christ Iesu, he is from all the same clearely pardoned, forgiuen, released and reconciled / done in Englishe by Tho. Newton.
- Author
- Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.
- Publication
- Imprinted at London :: By Iohn Windet,
- 1587.
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- Ten commandments.
- Christian life.
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"The true tryall and examination of a mans owne selfe wherein euery faithfull Christian, by looking into his conscience, may most plainely behold his spirituall deformity by nature, described, his actuall rebellion by disobedience detected, his promise breach at baptisme, by ordinary transgression apparantly proued, his lamentable estate through sinne discouered, his wilfull obstinacie by dayly disorder displayed, and lastly howe by earnest repentaunce, and faith in Christ Iesu, he is from all the same clearely pardoned, forgiuen, released and reconciled / done in Englishe by Tho. Newton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01629.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.
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WHether thou haue at a∣ny time dissembled the truth, or not vttered & maintayned it, when & as often as cōuenient∣ly thou mightest and shouldest: and whether slylie and secretly, marking other folkes wordes and deedes, thou haue wrested and construed them to the worst part.
Whether thou hast attributed and ascribed to thy selfe more dignity, cre∣dite, reputation and desert, then there was any cause why: and whether thou hast wished an other mans estimation and countenance to be empaired or disgraced.
Whether thou hast enuied, malig∣ned or spighted at any others good giftes, whether they be of the minde, of the body, or (or as wee commonly tearme it) of fortune. For hereunto belongeth all malicious swelling, and enuious conceiptes of the minde, for the welfare of others.
Whether thou hast sought anye meanes or wayes to discredite, annoy, or disparage the fame of any other: and by thy sinister reporting of them, hast gone about to bring their credite
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question, and themselues into danger among persons of authoritie and high calling, or any other whomsoeuer.
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9. Comman∣dement.