And this is that securitie of which Dauid speaketh: The transgres∣sion of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes: For he flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, vntill his iniquitie be found out to be hatefull. And describing the prosperous e∣state of the wicked, he saith, That continuing in their corruption, and being couered with violence, as with a garment; They speake loftily, and set their mouthes against the Heauens; saying, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? And Iob discoursing of the same subiect, namely, wicked men flourishing in worldly prosperitie, saith, that their houses are safe from feare, neither is the rod of God vp∣on them. They take the Timbrel and Harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the Organs; they spend their dayes in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue. Therefore they say vnto God, depart from vs, for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes. What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profit should we haue if we pray vnto him?
A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
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- A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
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- Downame, John, d. 1652.
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"A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20762.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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§. 3 Testimonies of Scripture, shewing what it is.
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Psal. 36. 1, 2.
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Psal. 73. 8, 9, 11.
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Iob 21. 9.