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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55568	The young mans conflict with, and victory over the Devil by faith, or, A true and perfect relation of the experiences of T.P., begun in the 15th and continued till the 17th year of his age ... by T.P.	Powell, Thomas, fl. 1674-1679.	1675 (1675)	Wing P3076; ESTC R17963	49,441	152

heart good Sir Evangelus Well Friend seeing then that Go● his Providence has bin pleased to ●ring us into one anothers Company ●ill you give me leave to ask you a ●w Questions Paulus Yea Sir and I shall thank you ●oo Evangelus What do you think then concerning Heaven Paulus It is a good place no doubt Evangelus Yea and how happy shall we be if we can but get thither Paulus Why do you question getting thither Evangelus Yea that I do Don't you Paulus No I did never question getting to Heaven since I have been born I thank God for it Evangelus I am apt to think you might ha● had more cause to bless God for qu●stioning your title to Heaven the● for not questioning it and I am 〈◊〉 opinion that you and others w● scarce get to Heaven except yo● come first to doubt of your righ● thereto Paulus You are the strangest man that ● ever met with in all my life and indeed this is the fault which I find● to be in you Phanaticks viz. you● censuring Evangelus Friend you mistake us and I suppose you do not very well understand me for did you not say just now that you questioned not getting to Heaven Paulus Yea I did what of all that Evangelus I only then ask you the Grounds on which you build your hopes for Heaven so stedfastly without the least questioning assurance thereof Paulus The Mercy of God no better ●rounds can there be Evangelus The Mercy of God that 's true ●iend but Gods Mercy has bin ●rfeited long ago through our diso●dience in Adam have you now ●ined it if you have pray tell me ●w and by what means Paulus Nay if so the Lord look down ●on me for I never heard of this ●fore Evangelus It is very true my Friend and ●ce it is that we have brought 〈◊〉 with us into the World by ●ich we are made the Heires of ●ath Paulus Be you sure this is true Evangelus Do you believe all those Truths c●●tained in the Holy Bible Paulus Do I believe them yea certain●● or else I should be a Papist or an I●●fidel Evangelus Then see this prov'd from these 〈◊〉 Places of Scripture Psal. 51.5 I 〈◊〉 shapen in iniquity and in sin did 〈◊〉 Mother conceive me And Eph. 2● We are by nature the children wrath even as others So Rom. 5. l● By one man sin entred into the wor●● and death by him and so death 〈◊〉 over all men for that all ha● sinned Paulus Nay here is Scripture enoug● none can deny Evangelus Well then seeing 〈◊〉 it is as I say had I 〈◊〉 Grounds do you thin● for speaking what I di● and therefore I pray 〈◊〉 willing to give me some further sa●●●faction touching the belief of your ●●●vation Paulus Nay you have so puzled me that ●●w I know not what to do except it to tell you that I pray Morning ●●d Evening Evangelus Well what of all that I hope you not expect to get to Heaven by your ●●ayer do you Paulus Yes I do or else I know not how to 〈◊〉 to Heaven Evangelus Oh Friend had you been acquaint●● with godly Ministers or any of ●●ds People and desired their Instru●●●ons certainly you would have bin 〈◊〉 now acquainted with the way that 〈◊〉 to Heaven and eternal Happi●●●s for thou art grossly ignorant thinking to be saved by Prayers Paulus I don't say Prayers only 〈◊〉 take in Reading of good Books a● hearing of good Sermons Evangelus Nay it is all one for that 〈◊〉 if you take in all good Works what●●● ever they will prove insignificant● merit salvation Paulus Say you so why I never heard 〈◊〉 from our Minister and he is a 〈◊〉 good Church-man Evangelus Nay as to that I know not but 〈◊〉 I 'le assure you that what I have hea●● from you as yet does rather savour Popery then of true Christianity Paulus How a Papist Sir God forbi● for I am sure I am so far from bei●● a Papist that if I do but meet 〈◊〉 one I go the other side of the 〈◊〉 because I will not see him I do hate him Evangelus Perhaps you walk more by custo● then by judgement for I 'le assure you it is as I say Paulus Pray Sir tell me then what must save me if good works cannot Thanks be to God I met with you or else I should have died in this mistake notwithstanding our Minister Evangelus Why thus you see Friend Gods dealings with us are various but to gratifie your desire let me ask you this Question Did you never hear of Iesus Christ Here has not bin so much as one word concerning him Paulus Nay hold you I have heard of Jesus what of him Evangelus What of him why it is he that must save you Paulus It s no marvel then why I have heard such a talk concerning Jesus Christ but I ever thought it was my good works that must save me Evangelus Nay Friend I will shew you an insuffi●iency in that and lik●wise that salvation is only to be had in Christ and by him you must be saved if ever saved Receive these Scriptures for the truth of both Rom. 3.20 Therefore by the deeds of the Law no flesh shall be justified in his sight for by the Law is the knowledge of sin So the 28 th verse Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the Law Gal. 2.16 Paulus Why then by your Reckoning I have all my work to begin before I can get to Heaven Evangelus If you understand no more then this I must needs say you are far from being a new creature and if far from being a n●w creature then far you ●re from the Kingdom of Heaven Paulus How do you prove that Evangelus I prove it from these following Scriptures Mark 16.16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved and he that believeth not shall be damned So Luke 13.3 5. I tell ye nay except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Iohn 3.3 5. Verily verily I say unto thee except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God And what think you of th●se Scriptures Paulus Why I think they are very good but if I have all this to do as you say and am still to begin the Christians A B C then I had as good desist a little while seeing that as yet I am but young and so for a time take my pleasure and when I come to be old I 'le then take this way to serve God which you have prescribed for I am afraid lest I should not hold out in serving God another way in regard that I have taken so much pain in the other for indeed I am spent Evangelus Oh Friend give not way to the Devil● these are only his suggestions believe him not for can you serve God in a more acceptable time then in the