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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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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.
For as sin is our unquiet sea, so Repentance is our secure harbour: Any known sin unrepented, still puts in, and enlivens doubts in us; but Repentance ⟨p. 168⟩plucks out the venom, and the rage. An amended child comes again before his Father, and a reformed Christian and penitent, may *yet be confident.
For as sinne is our unquiet sea, so Repentance is our secure harbour: Any knowne sinne unrepented, still puts in, and inlivens doubts in us; but Repentance ⟨p. 168⟩plucks out the venome, and the rage. An amended child comes againe before his Father, and a reformed Christian and penitent, may *yet be confident.
- *Loc. cit.
3. Sue out a special assurance: You may see by Davids disposition, after his special sins, that a general acquittance would not serve the turn; for special sins you must sue out special assurance of pardon.
3. Sue out a speciall assurance: You may see by Davids disposition, after his speciall sins, that a generall acquitance would not serve the turne; for speciall sins you must sue out speciall assurance of pardon.