The high vvay to Heaven by the cleare light of the Gospell cleansed of a number of most dangerous stumbling stones thereinto throwen by Bellarmine and others. In a treatise made vpon the 37. 38. and 39. verses of the 7. of Iohn: wherein is so handled the most sweete and comfortable doctrine of the true vnion and communication of Christ and his Church, and the contrarie is so confuted, as that not onely thereby also summarilie and briefly, and yet plainly all men may learne rightly to receiue the sacrament of Christs blessed bodie and blood, but also how to beleeue and to liue to saluation. And therefore entitled The highway to Heauen. By Thomas Sparke Doctor of Diuinitie.

Title: The high vvay to Heaven by the cleare light of the Gospell cleansed of a number of most dangerous stumbling stones thereinto throwen by Bellarmine and others. In a treatise made vpon the 37. 38. and 39. verses of the 7. of Iohn: wherein is so handled the most sweete and comfortable doctrine of the true vnion and communication of Christ and his Church, and the contrarie is so confuted, as that not onely thereby also summarilie and briefly, and yet plainly all men may learne rightly to receiue the sacrament of Christs blessed bodie and blood, but also how to beleeue and to liue to saluation. And therefore entitled The highway to Heauen. By Thomas Sparke Doctor of Diuinitie.

Author: Sparke, Thomas, 1548-1616.

Collection: Early English Books Online 2

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hold man hath after his fall, euen to and in that which is spirituall & good, as that man in his first conuersion to God, hauing but the outward means thereof sufficiently of∣fred vnto him, that euen that grace is suffi∣cient to conuert him, if he would himselfe, which they holde he might, if he list: and being once conuerted, that is (as they take it) the outward meanes being once so fully and effectually proferred him, as where∣by he taketh occasion rightly to vse his fre∣will, in accepting of grace so offered: then they holde by the meanes of grace ther vpon bestowed vpon him (which they count and call the habit of charitie) he can will freely, and worke any good thing. Whereas wee (as we haue often shewed) enforced both by the scriptures, fathers, reason, and all experience, confesse and teach, that by the fall of Adam, our freewill to and in that which is good in∣deed, is so lost as that, what good meanes so euer, at any time be outwardly presen∣ted vnto vs, yet thereby we shall ne∣uer be able to will well, by any power left in vs, nor euer shall indeede vnlesse GOD inwardlie, by his spirite withall, first create and frame in euerie one of vs a new heart and will, to choose that which 0