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The trial of assurance set forth in a sermon preached at Boston upon a…The tryal of assurance set forth in a sermon preached at Boston upon a…
The trial of assurance set forth in a sermon preached at Boston upon a lecture day July 7th. 1698 / by Solomon Stoddard ...The tryal of assurance set forth in a sermon preached at Boston upon a lecture day July 7th. 1698 / by Solomon Stoddard ...
printed by B. Green, 1698
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.
Argument 1. It is the acting of Grace tha• makes and shows the Walk to be holy: it is no•• the orderliness of mens walk that shows it to be•• holy; nor the affectionateness of mens hearts i••• Religion, that shows their walk to be holy; no•• the long continuance of good carriages, nor […] good behaviour in a day of temptation; nor […] savoury spirit; these things may all be, yet the […] walk not be holy: if there be the acting of love […] faith and repentance, then the walk is holy: bu•• all that men do is done in hypocrisy, if there b•• not the acting of grace: if there be no grace i•• their prayers, in their fastings, in their discourses, all is in hypocrisy: conscientiousness don't prove their walk to be sincere: the young man in the Gospel was conscientious: Mat. 19.20. all these things have I done from my youth. Zeal don't prove it, a man may be zealous, yet not upright: Rom. 10.2. they be the actings of grace that make and show the walk to be holy; if it be not a life of faith and love, it is not a holy life: Gal. 2.20. the life that I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God: therefore he that don't know that he has performed an act of grace, can't know that he has an holy walk: he that don't know that he has that which is the life of an holy walk, and essential to it, can't know that his walk is holy.
Argument 1. It is the acting of Grace tha• makes and shews the Walk to be holy: it is no•• the orderliness of mens walk that shews it to be•• holy; nor the affectionateness of mens hearts i••• Religion, that shews their walk to be holy; no•• the long continuance of good carriages, nor good behaviour in a day of temptation; nor savoury spirit; these things may all be, yet the walk not be holy: if there be the acting of love faith and repentance, then the walk is holy: bu all that men do is done in hypocrisy, if there b not the acting of grace: if there be no grace i their prayers, in their fastings, in their discourses, all is in hypocrisy: conscienciousness don't prove their walk to be sincere: the young man in the Gospel was conscientious: