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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
4. That with Abraham we must under hope believe against hope, Rom. 4. 18.
5. That the mercies of God, and the merits of Christs obedience do belong unto all those that believe, Isai 54. 10. Ps. 103. 11. 1 Joh. 2, 1. 2. Ps. 130. 7.
6. That God measureth the obedience ⟨p. 161⟩due unto him more by the affection, and true desire of the heart to obey, than by the external act, and outward performance of obedience, Rom. 8. 5, 7. and the 7. 20, 21, 22. Malach. 3. 17.