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The steadfastness of promises, and the sinfulness of staggeringThe stedfastness of promises, and the sinfulness of staggering
The steadfastness of promises, and the sinfulness of staggering: opened in a sermon preached at Margarets in Westminster before the Parliament Febr. 28. 1649. Being a day set apart for solemn humiliation throughout the nation. By John Owen minister of the Gospel.The stedfastness of promises, and the sinfulness of staggering: opened in a sermon preached at Margarets in Westminster before the Parliament Febr. 28. 1649. Being a day set apart for solemn humiliation throughout the nation. By John Owen minister of the Gospel.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1650
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By what Means God hath mightily and effectually wrought, by mixing Folly with their Counsels, putting Fear, Terror, and Amazedness upon all their Undertakings, to carry on his own Purpose, I could easily give considerable Instances. That which hath been spoken in General, may suffice to bottom us on this, That whilst we are in the way of God, all staggering at the Issue, is from unbelief; for he can, he will do more such things as these.
By what Means God hath mightily and effectually wrought, by mixing Folly with their Counsels, putting Fear, Terror, and Amazedness upon all their Undertakings, to carry on his own Purpose, I could easily give considerable Instances. That which hath been spoken in General, may suffice to bottome us on this, That whilest we are in the way of God, all staggering at the Issue, is from unbelief; for he can, he will do more such things as these.
Use 1 My First Use shall be as unto Temporals; for they also (as I told you) come under the Promise, not to be staggered at, with the limitations before mentioned. Learn hence then to live more by Faith in all your Actings: Believe, and you shall be established: I have in the days of my Pilgrimage seen this evil under the Sun: Many Professors of the Gospel, called out to Public ⟨p. 40⟩Actings, have made it their great Design to manage all their Affairs with Wisdom and Policy, like the men of the residue of the Nations. Living by Faith, upon the Promises, hath appeared to them, as too low a thing, for the Condition and Employment wherein they now are: Now they must Plot, and Contrive, and Design, lay down Principles of Carnal Fleshly Wisdom, to be pursued to the uttermost: And what I pray hath been the Issue of such Undertakings?
Ʋse 1 My First Ʋse shall be as unto Temporals; for they also (as I told you) come under the Promise, not to be staggered at, with the limitations before mentioned. Learn hence then to live more by Faith in all your Actings: Believe, and you shall be established: I have in the dayes of my Pilgrimage seen this evil under the Sun: Many Professors of the Gospel, called out to Publick