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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.
1 Simile. Some deadly corruption which hath seized upon their spirits: if poison get into the body, it works upon the spirits, and so weakens and endangers life.
1 Simile. Some deadly corruption which hath seized upon their spirits: if poyson get into the body, it works upon the spirits, and so weakens and indangers life.
The people of God are sometimes tasting of poison, they are tampering with unsound doctrines, which as they do infect the judgement, so they do abate their spiritual principles and abilities. The Apostle was afraid that he had lost his labour, and spent himself in vain to those of Galatia, that they were even leaving their hold in Christ, and what was the cause of it? Surely some ⟨p. 17⟩false Apostles had leavened them with error about circumcision, and the observation of the law. When the judgement is corrupted with any error, then truths are not of that power with the soul, & where truth looseth in authority, there grace will loose in its strength and efficacy.
The people of God are sometimes tasting of poyson, they are tampering with unsound doctrines, which as they doe infect the judgement, so they doe abate their spirituall principles and abilities. The Apostle was afraid that he had lost his labour, and spent himselfe in vaine to those of Galatia, that they were even leaving their hold in Christ, and what was the cause of it? Surely some ⟨p. 17⟩false Apostles had leavened them with errour about circumcision, and the observation of the law. When the judgement is corrupted with any errour, then truths are not of that power with the soule, & where truth looseth in authority, there grace will loose in its strength and efficacie.