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The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises
The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises ... : never before published / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by Robert Ibbitson for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The same Faith doth supply the soul with Active strength, for doing duties: and with Passive strength for suffering duties.
1. A strong Faith is strong to bear Reproaches for Christ. As Moses, He esteemed the Reproach of Christ greater riches than the Treasures of Egypt, Heb. 11.26. And Paul — Therefore we labour, and suffer Reproach, because we trust in the living God, 1 Tim. 4.10.
1. A strong Faith is strong to bear Reproaches for Christ. As Moses, Hee esteemed the Reproach of Christ greater riches than the Treasures of Egypt, Heb. 11.26. And Paul — Therefore wee labour, and suffer Reproach, because wee trust in the living God, 1 Tim. 4.10.
2. A strong Faith is strong to bear losses for Christ. As they, Heb. 10.34. Who took joyfully the spoiling of their goods: as if the enemy had done them a great courtesy.
2. A strong Faith is strong to bear losses for Christ. As they, Heb. 10.34. Who took joyfully the spoiling of their goods: as if the enemy had done them a great courtesie.