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The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that…
The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that eminently holy man Mr. Henry Stubs by Tho. Watson ...
London : Printed and are to be sold by Joseph Collier ..., 1678
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3. A false hope is vanishing, 'tis not an Helmet, but a spiders Web*; the least terror of Conscience shakes it, but a true hope is permanent, Prov. 14. 32. The righteous hath hope in his death, in a dying hour his hope is in a living God. When Quintian the Persecutor commanded to cut off the breasts of Agatha a Martyr, Do thy worst Tyrant (said he), yet I have two breasts which you cannot touch; the one of Faith, the other of Hope. *O get the right Helmet, the Devil laughs at Hypocrites to see how they are cozened with false armour: A fool is contented with a Paper-helmet.
3. A false hope is vanishing, 'tis not an Helmet, but a spiders Web*; the least terror of Conscience shakes it, but a true hope is permanent, Prov. 14. 32. The righteous hath hope in his death, in a dying hour his hope is in a living God. When Quintian the Persecutor commanded to cut off the breasts of Agatha a Martyr, Do thy worst Tyrant (said he), yet I have two breasts which you cannot touch; the one of Faith, the other of Hope. *O get the right Helmet, the Devil laughs at Hypocrites to see how they are cousened with false armour: A fool is contented with a Paper-helmet.
- *Job 8. 14.
- *Duae tamen supersunt mamillae, una fidei, altera spes.