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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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1Hereby take notice of the wretched disposition, and woeful condition of Renegadoes: who cast themselves out of the true Church, renounce their Christian Faith, and deny the Lord who so dearly bought them. What, ⟨p. 25⟩what is then in this wide world that can countervail such a loss? Or what can stand him in any steed that is lost? Can wealth? Can honour? Can liberty? Can life it self?
1Hereby take notice of the wretched disposition, and woefull condition of Renegadoes: who cast themselves out of the true Church, renounce their Christian Faith, and denie the Lord who so dearely bought them. What, ⟨p. 25⟩what is then in this wide world that can countervaile such a losse? Or what can stand him in any steed that is lost? Can wealth? Can honour? Can liberty? Can life it selfe?
- 1The miserable plight o• apostat•.
11. The wealth of this world, which is all the wealth that can be gotten by Apostasy, may prove like Jonahs gourd, and vanish away ere thou be aware: even while the thought of some seeming content is in thine head. But the wealth lost by Apostasy, is, as the Apostle sets it down (Heb. 10.34.) [Greek or Hebrew] a solid substance: and that [Greek or Hebrew] much better then this world can afford. For it is [Greek or Hebrew] in Heaven: it is there treasured up for us; and thereupon it is [Greek or Hebrew] enduring, that never fades away. This better, enduring substance, in Heaven, is lost by such as are themselves LOST through Apostasy.