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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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Thus must thou do in the sense of that native rebellion and vile operation of thy flesh: Thou must by faith go unto Christ, thou must acknowledge thy vileness, and thy insufficiency, and also his sufficiency: Thou must exalt Jesus Christ by faith in his Mediatorship, and trust on him, that he will by his Almighty Spirit crucify thy sinful flesh more, and (which was one end of his coming into the world) destroy those works of sin and Satan.
Thus must thou doe in the sense of that native rebellion and vile operation of thy flesh: Thou must by faith goe unto Christ, thou must acknowledge thy vilenesse, and thy insufficiency, and also his sufficiency: Thou must exalt Jesus Christ by faith in his Mediatorship, and trust on him, that he will by his Almighty Spirit crucifie thy sinfull flesh more, and (which was one end of his comming into the world) destroy those works of sin and Satan.
2. Another cause of doubting in a Christian, may be the sense of wrath. O! saith such a one, would you have me to believe, or imagine you that I ⟨p. 354⟩can do so, I who feel the very wrath of God in my soul, and the terrors of the Almighty wounding me for my transgressions? What, can or […] I believe mercy for me, who now feel wrath upon me? can I believe that God will be merciful, whom I sensibly apprehend to be wrathful?
2. Another cause of doubting in a Christian, may be the sense of wrath. O! saith such a one, would you have me to beleeve, or imagine you that I ⟨p. 354⟩can doe so, I who feele the very wrath of God in my soule, and the terrors of the Almighty wounding me for my transgressions? What, can or 〈…〉 I beleeve mercy for me, who now feele wrath upon me? can I beleeve that God will be mercifull, whom I sensibly apprehend to be wrathfull?