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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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3. The cause of all acceptation is in Christ: therefore do not doubt that God will reject thy services because of thy indispositions, but believe he will accept of thy ⟨p. 191⟩sincere endeavours, because […] Christ. Beloved, it […] for us to consider all things about duty. A sincere heart must set it out, a gracious God must take it, and a mighty Redeemer and Intercessor must present it. 1Christ presents that to his Father, which we present to Christ: The duty belongs to us, but the reason of acceptation is not in the Petitioner, but in the Intercessor: God accepts not for our fullness, not for our liveliness, but for his Sons worthiness, 2for his merits, who ever lives to make intercession for […] who offers up the prayers of the Saints with the perfume and odours of his righteousness.
3. The cause of all acceptation is in Christ: therefore doe not doubt that God will reject thy services because of thy indispositions, but beleeve he will accept of thy ⟨p. 191⟩sincere indeavours, because 〈…〉 Christ. Beloved, it 〈…〉 for us to consider all things about duty. A sincere heart must set it out, a gracious God must take it, and a mighty Redeemer and Intercessor must present it. 1Christ presents that to his Father, which we present to Christ: The duty belongs to us, but the reason of acceptation is not in the Petitioner, but in the Intercessour: God accepts not for our fulnesse, not for our livelinesse, but for his Sonnes worthinesse, 2for his merits, who ever lives to make intercession for 〈…〉 who offers up the prayers of the Saints with the perfume and odours of his righteousnesse.