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The doubting believer, or, A treatiseThe doubting beleever, or, A treatise
The doubting believer, or, A treatise containing 1. the nature, 2. the kinds, 3. the springs, 4. the remedies of doubtings, incident to weak believers by Obadiah Sedgwick ...The doubting beleever, or, A treatise containing 1. the nature, 2. the kinds, 3. the springs, 4. the remedies of doubtings, incident to weak beleevers by Obadiah Sedgwick ...
London: printed by M.F. for Thomas Nicols, 1641
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2. In respect of their application and extent: Thus many weak believers are subject to argue against them: Not, whether they be verity and mercy; not, whether righteousness and peace do meet in them; but, whether these do reach to them, and may be applied by them. Nay, that is not all, they do ofttimes upon unjust grounds thrust away the Promises from themselves.
2. In respect of their application and extent: Thus many weak beleevers are subject to argue against them: Not, whether they be verity and mercy; not, whether righteousnesse and peace doe meet in them; but, whether these doe reach to them, and may be applyed by them. Nay, that is not all, they do ofttimes upon unjust grounds thrust away the Promises from themselves.
And now the soul must needs be hurried with fears and doubtings, in case the condition be sensible, because
And now the soule must needs be hurried with feares and doubtings, in case the condition be sensible, because
1. The Promises are to faith 1as ground unto the Anchor; cast out an Anchor, and if it hath not ground to fasten, or 2hitch in, the Ship rolls still: This is a truth, If faith cannot pitch and fix, the soul cannot be quiet and settled. David in one place useth the comparison of a bird, that his soul ⟨p. 83⟩