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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
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.
Answ. 1 Thus: If it do merely proceed from want of Age in Christianity, then it is without doubt, a Sin of Infirmity: There are several ranks and forms of Christians in the School of Christ: The Apostle John doth allude unto three Ages; I write unto you Fathers (saith he) I write unto you young men, and I write unto you Babes. There are the grown Children of God, and there are Babes; Babes are weak, and full of weaknesses: and if your Sin be such as doth arise merely from want of Age and time in Grace; then it must needs be a Sin of a Babe, and so a Sin of Infirmity.
Answ. 1 Thus: If it do meerly proceed from want of Age in Christianity, then it is without doubt, a Sin of Infirmity: There are several ranks and forms of Christians in the School of Christ: The Apostle John doth allude unto three Ages; I write unto you Fathers (saith he) I write unto you yong men, and I write unto you Babes. There are the grown Children of God, and there are Babes; Babes are weak, and full of weaknesses: and if your Sin be such as doth arise meerly from want of Age and time in Grace; then it must needs be a Sin of a Babe, and so a Sin of Infirmity.
Answ. 2 If it be no other Sin than what is incident unto all the Saints, then it is a Sin of Infirmity; for that Sin which is committed by all the Saints, is no reigning Sin, but a Sin mortified, enervated, and weakened; there is no reigning Sin in the Child of God: Sin reigning, and being under Grace, are opposed, Rom. 6. Let not sin have dominion over you, for ye are under Grace: Those that are under Grace, have their Sin at an under: and if the Sin be committed by all the Saints, then it doth rather arise from want of strength to resist, than from will to commit: Is thy sin therefore no other than what is incident unto all Gods People? then surely it is no other than a Sin of Infirmity.
Answ. 2 If it be no other Sin than what is incident unto all the Saints, then it is a Sin of Infirmity; for that Sin which is committed by al the Saints, is no reigning Sin, but a Sin mortified, enervated, and weakened; there is no reigning Sin in the Child of God: Sin reigning, and being under Grace, are opposed,