A54381:983
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.
The lowest degree of Faith is [Greek or Hebrew], that is, a weak Faith, or a little Faith, like to a grain of Mustard-seed, or to smoking flax, which cannot flame nor give out heat, but only smoke, Matth. 8. 25. 26 and 7. 20. Isai. 3. 4 2.
The lowest degree of Faith is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that is, a weak Faith, or a little Faith, like to a grain of Mustard-seed, or to smoaking flax, which cannot flame nor give out heat, but onely smoak, Matth. 8. 25. 26 and 7. 20. Isai. 3. 4 2.
Faith may be then said to be feeble, when either the first of the five motions, or the last of them is weak and feeble; yea, though the other three motions do remain strong, Rom. 14. 2. 3.