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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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It is with true Christians, as with true men; Every man 1hath a soul, and faculty from that soul, and actions issuing out of those faculties; yet every man is not equal in the expressive ways of nature: So is it with Christians, all have truth of grace alike, but the exercise of it is different and personal.
It is with true Christians, as with true men; Every man 1hath a soule, and faculty from that soule, and actions issuing out of those faculties; yet every man is not equall in the expressive wayes of nature: So is it with Christians, all have truth of grace alike, but the exercise of it is different and personall.
- 1Simile.
3. As the actions, so the degrees of Grace are different: Compare Christian with Christian, it is as if you should compare 1one branch and limb of a tree with another; where though all be set in one common root, yet their particular measures are more and less. Or as if one did compare the Stars together, where though all be interested in the heavenly 2orbs, yet they differ ⟨p. 232⟩among themselves in respect 3of magnitude and light.
3. As the actions, so the degrees of Grace are different: Compare Christian with Christian, it is as if you should compare