A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he maie discerne it, and perseuere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set downe in the page following.

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A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he maie discerne it, and perseuere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set downe in the page following.
Author
Perkins, William, 1558-1602.
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Printed at London :: By R. Robinson, for T. Gubbin, and I. Porter,
[1590?]
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Christian ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
Grace (Theology) -- Early works to 1800.
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"A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he maie discerne it, and perseuere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set downe in the page following." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09466.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

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XLIII.

If any humbled Christian finde not this* 1.1 measure of sanctification in himselfe, yet let him not bee discouraged. For if any man haue a i 1.2 willingnes, & a desire to obey Gods

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commandements, he hath the spirit, and he who hath the spirit is in Christ, and he who is in Christ shall neuer see damnation. And though he faile greatly in the action of obe∣dience, yet God will accept his affection to obey, as obedience acceptable to him. God will approue of thee for his owne worke which he hath wrought in thee, and not re∣iect thee for thine.

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