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Christs counsel to his languishing church of SardisChrists counsell to his languishing church of Sardis
Christs counsel to his languishing church of Sardis. Or, The dying or decaying Christian, with the means and helps of his recovery and strengthening. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B. of D. late preacher to the inhabitants of S. Mildreds Bread Street, LondonChrists counsell to his languishing church of Sardis. Or, The dying or decaying Christian, with the meanes and helpes of his recovery and strengthening. By Obadiah Sedgwicke, B. of D. late preacher to the inhabitants of S. Mildreds Bredstreet, London
London: printed by Thomas for L. Fawne, 1640
CHRISTS COUNSEL to His languishing CHURCH.CHRISTS COVNSELL to His languishing CHURCH.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2 The strengthening of decaying principles or habits of grace, it is a spiritual and proportionable reparation of them unto their former liberty, and ability, and efficacy.
2 The strengthening of decaying principles or habits of grace, it is a spirituall and proportionable reparation of them unto their former liberty, and ability, and efficacie.
It is not a mere sustaining of them in genere gratiarum, or in esse vitali, that they shall not quite extinguish; Simile. as when a house is only so kept, that it falls not to the ground, this is not sufficient to sustaining; for graces may be strengthened as radical habits, when yet they may be pining in their vigour, and remitted in their measure and graduals.
It is not a meere sustaining of them in genere gratiarum, or in esse vitali, that they shall not quite extinguish; Simile. as when a house is onely so kept, that it fals not to the ground, this is not sufficient to sustaining; for graces may be strengthened as radicall habits, when yet they may be pining in their vigour, and remitted in their measure and graduals.
But strengthening of grace, ⟨p. 77⟩imports addition as well as sustentation, Simile. like recovery which is health in some measure coming and rising again.
But strengthening of grace, ⟨p. 77⟩imports addition as well as sustentation, Simile. like recovery which is health in some measure comming and rising againe.