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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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Therefore saith S. John, If our hearts condemn us not, then 1have we confidence towards God. (i.) If sin be mortified, if conscience finds no sin harboured, but condemned, if it cannot condemn us for not condemning our sins; then we have confidence towards God: (i.) Then if we come to God in Prayer, and ask any thing of him in the Name of Christ, Faith may confidently rest upon it, that God doth hear, and will answer. Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, ver. 22.
Therefore saith S. John, If our hearts condemne us not, then 1have we confidence towards God. (i.) If sin be mortified, if conscience finds no sinne harboured, but condemned, if it cannot condemne us for not condemning our sins; then wee have confidence towards God: (i.) Then if we come to God in Prayer, and aske any thing of him in the Name of Christ, Faith may confidently rest upon it, that God doth heare, and will answer. Whatsoever wee aske, we receive of him, ver. 22.
There are two effects of our sins.
There are two effects of our sinnes.
1. They keep down our faith. I am so troubled (saith ⟨p. 113⟩