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The works of George Swinnock, M.A
The works of George Swinnock, M.A. containing these several treatises ...
London: printed by J.B. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1665
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Chapter 9: Means whereby Christians may exercise themselves to Godliness; A good Foundation: L•vin…
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Tis by faith that men are so fruitful in their lives, Heb. 11. 32, 33. and so cheerful in their deaths, Rom. 8. 37, 38. O Reader, above all thy gettings, get faith, and above all thy keepings keep faith; For, it must be faith that must keep thee from falling in an hour of temptation, and from fainting in an hour of persecution. The unbeliever is fitly called an unreasonable man, because its unreasonable that the God of truth should not be credited, and that he, to whom it is impossible to lye, should be distrusted; and also an absurd man, because its absurd for a workman to go without his tools, which he shall every moment have need of. Its said of the Serpent, that of all her parts, she is most careful of her head, well knowing that though she be mangled and cut never so much in her body, yet if her head be whole, that will cure the wounds of all her other parts; Let thy great work be to •ecure thy faith, if that be whole all will be well, what ever decays there may be in other graces, this will help them to shoot forth again.
Tis by faith that men are so fruitful in their lives, Heb. 11. 32, 33. and so chearful in their deaths, Rom. 8. 37, 38. O Reader, above all thy gettings, get faith, and above all thy keepings keep faith; For, it must be faith that must keep thee from falling in an hour of temptation, and from fainting in an hour of persecution. The unbeleiver is fitly called an unreasonable man, because its unreasonable that the God of truth should not be credited, and that he, to whom it is impossible to lye, should be distrusted; and also an absurd man, because its absurd for a workman to go without his tools, which he shall every moment have need of. Its said of the Serpent, that of all her parts, she is most careful of her head, well knowing that though she be mangled and cut never so much in her body, yet if her head be whole, that will cure the wounds of all her other parts; Let thy great work be to •ecure thy faith, if that be whole all will be well, what ever decays there may be in other graces, this will help them to shoot forth again.