A54381:986
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.
1. A serious desire to believe, and endeavour to obtain Gods favour, is the seed of this Faith, Matth. 5. 6. Rev 21. 6. Psal. 145. 19.
2. An earnest use of means to increase the least spark of Faith, that so it may get growth by little, and little, Luke 17. 5, 6.
2. An earnest use of means to encrease the least spark of Faith, that so it may get growth by little, and little, Luke 17. 5, 6.
Faith is stirred up by earnest prayer, and meditation, and by making progress, and going on in the ways of perfection, and in the exercise of godliness.
The highest degree of Faith, is called [Greek or Hebrew], or full assurance, by this a man doth find in himself a certain persuasion and assurance, that God doth love him, & will together with Christ, and all his graces give him eternal life,