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A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near…A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere…
A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friars London Herein is the history of the surprisal and admirable escape of the said penitent.A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friers London Herein is the history of the surprizall and admirable escape of the said penitent.
London: printed by George Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1639London: printed by George Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1639
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2. That all that by men can be inflicted on constant professors of the Christian Faith, are no more then what God can and will enable them to bear.
2. That all that by men can bee inflicted on constant professours of the Christian Faith, are no more then what God can and will inable them to beare.
3. That greater tortures cannot be invented then have in former times been inflicted on Christians.
3. That greater tortures cannot be invented then have in former times beene inflicted on Christians.
4. That Martyrs in all ages have expressed much comfort & joy in their greatest sufferings.
5. That their recompense far surpasseth their endurance.
5. That their recompence farre surpasseth their endurance.