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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
You know that objects are diversly represented unto the eye; Sometimes from themselves in their proper nature, as when a man sees a green colour 1as it is; sometimes mediately, by other things, as when a green colour is seen through a red glass; now it doth not appear in its native colour, but in the likeness of that through which it is perceived: ⟨p. 95⟩So is it with our spiritual estate.
You know that objects are diversly represented unto the eye; Sometimes from themselves in their proper nature, as when a man sees a green colour 1as it is; sometimes mediately, by other things, as when a green colour is seen through a red glasse; now it doth not appeare in its native colour, but in the likenesse of that through which it is perceived: ⟨p. 95⟩So is it with our spirituall estate.
- 1Simile.
Sometimes it is represented unto us, as it is truly existing; and thus we shall see it, when we look upon it, and judge of it by the word of God: And sometimes it is represented unto us, not as it is, but as it appears in some corrupt and deceivable testimonies and reports unto us: As Josephs 1chastity appeared to his Master under the nature of abominable uncleanness, when he took the testimony of it from his filthy wife: So shall our most innocent & upright frame appear unto us to be nothing else but basest hypocrisy, if we put the issue of it upon Satan's informations: For as Satan hath an art to colour over the true condition of sinful bondage, keeping close & in covert the proper image, or (rather) deformity of it: