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Elisha his lamentation, upon the sudden translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at…Elisha his lamentation, upon the suddain translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at…
Elisha his lamentation, upon the sudden translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at the funeral of Mr. William Strong, that eminently faithful servant and minister of Christ. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel in Covent Garden.Elisha his lamentation, upon the suddain translation of Elijah. Opened in a sermon at the funeral of Mr. VVilliam Strong, that eminently faithful servant and minister of Christ. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel in Covent Garden.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1654
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1. For Spiritual Generation: under God he is a Spiritual Father, and begets them again by the Gospel; this the Apostle expressly delivers in several places.
1. For Spiritual Generation: under God he is a Spiritual Father, and begets them again by the Gospel; this the Apostle expr•sly delivers in several places.
1 Cor. 4. 15. Though you have ten thousand Instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many Fathers: For in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel. He was an Instrument or means used by God for their New-Birth. So Philemon ver. 10. speaking unto him of Onesimus, whom (saith Paul there) I have begotten in my Bonds.
1 Cor. 4. 15. Though you have ten thousand Instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many Fathers: For in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel. He was an Instrument or means used by God for their New-Birth. So Philimon ver. 10. speaking unto him of Onesimus, whom (saith Paul there) I have begotten in my Bonds.
2. For loving and tender affection; A Father doth not more love his Natural child, then the faithful Minister doth those whom he hath begotten unto Christ; Take thine only Son Isaac whom thou lovest, said God to Abraham, Gen. 22. 2. The Elder unto the Elect Lady and her children, whom I love in the Truth.