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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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Mot. Consider, persevering in the Faith is a note of discrimination between a true Saint and an Hycrite; the hypocrite he sets up in the trade of Religion, but will soon break; he advanceth his mast and topsail, and sets out fair for Heaven, but in time of temptation falls away, Mat. 13. 21. but a true Christian is fixed in holiness; he is not as a wave of the Sea, but ⟨p. 11⟩as a Rock in the Sea. His zeal like the fire of the Vestal Virgins in Rome is always kept burning.
That we may spin out this fine thread of Religion to its full length, and hold out to the end,
1. Let us be well grounded in the Fundamentals of Religion, the Doctrine of Justification, Regeneration, the Resurrection, and the eternal recompenses, Col. 1. 23. Grounded and settled; such as are unprincipled will be led into any error, the Mass or the Alcoran, you may lead a blind man any whither; he will hardly ever suffer for the truth that doth not know it.
1. Let us be well grounded in the Fundamentals of Religion, the Doctrine of Justification, Regeneration, the Resurrection, and the eternal recompences, Col. 1. 23. Grounded and setled; such as are unprincipled will be led into any error, the Masse or the Alchoran, you may lead a blind man any whither; he will hardly ever suffer for the truth that doth not know it.