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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.
But the great God is altogether seen in this word of truth: there is his wisdom, there is his power and greatness, there ⟨p. 219⟩is his love and mercifulness, there is his Christ and faithfulness, therefore it is most excellent, and consequently to be held fast by us.
But the great God is altogether seen in this word of truth: there is his wisedome, there is his power and greatnesse, there ⟨p. 219⟩is his love and mercifulnesse, there is his Christ and faithfulnesse, therefore it is most excellent, and consequently to be held fast by us.
2 Divine truths are (as it were) made over to us under terms of constancy and perpetuity: I find in Scriptures that they are termed sometimes
2 Divine truths are (as it were) made over to us under termes of constancy and perpetuity: I finde in Scriptures that they are termed sometimes
Our heritage; estates which are personal (if that be the phrase) for possession may be sold, as that which a child buys with his own money; but estates which are natural or hereditary, such I mean as come to be ours by descent, these ought to be kept for posterity: God forbid said Naboth, that I ⟨p. 220⟩should sell the inheritance of my fathers: divine truths are an heritage to descend from us to our children, and therefore we are neither to dispossess our selves of them, nor to suffer our selves by any to be dispossessed of them,