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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
The TRIAL of Assurance. › Application 4: USE IV.The TRYAL of Assurance. › Application 4: USE IV.
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Consider. 1. There is good use of sign provided they be true signs warranted by ⟨p. 18⟩••ght interpretation of the Scripture; though ••any signs that men give are very fallible: it if the signs be good, there is very good •e to be made of them; though a man may •k signs of signs endlessly; yet they are of ••od advantage to beget a probable knowledge […] a mans good estate; many persons are in•uraged and supported by them. 1 Joh. 3.14. ••ereby we know that we are passed from death […] life, because we love the brethren: and they •e a further confirmation to those that have ••d Assurances of their sincerity: when they ••d Scripture signs falling in with those evidences, which they have formerly received, they ••e further established thereby.
Consider. 1. There is good use of sign provided they be true signs warranted by ⟨p. 18⟩••ght interpretation of the Scripture; though ••any signs that men give are very fallible: it if the signs be good, there is very good •e to be made of them; though a man may •k signs of signs endlessly; yet they are of ••od advantage to beget a probable knowledge 〈…〉 a mans good estate; many persons are in•uraged and supported by them.