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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 Many persons express palpable decayings; all who know them, can see and say, how strangely they are altered; they are scarcely known now to be Christians, but by the judgement of the most favourable charity, who formerly have been very forward even to exemplarity. The judgements of men are so altered with fond opinions, their strictness of conversation is so strangely slacked into that which they themselves were wont to call a licentiousness of walking, there is such a dumbness grown in their families, and withal there is such a chilnesse come upon their affections; oh where is ⟨p. 33⟩that thy former zeal, and love, and joy, and pity, and brokenness of heart, and flames for Christ, and desires of strength and assurance, and circumspection to please thy God?
2 Many persons expresse palpable decayings; all who know them, can see and say, how strangely they are altered; they are scarcely knowne now to be Christians, but by the judgement of the most favourable charity, who formerly have beene very forward even to exemplarity. The judgements of men are so altered with fond opinions, their strictnesse of conversation is so strangely slack'd into that which they themselves were wont to call a licentiousnesse of walking, there is such a dumbnesse growne in their families, and withall there is such a chilnesse come upon their affections; oh where is ⟨p. 33⟩that thy former zeale, and love, and joy, and pitty, and brokennesse of heart, and flames for Christ, and desires of strength and assurance, and circumspection to please thy God?
3 Though we be not dead Christians; yet if we be dying Christians, it makes our condition very evil, and very sad.
3 Though we be not dead Christians; yet if we be dying Christians, it makes our condition very evill, and very sad.