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The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. Or Faith in…
The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. Or Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the only way of salvation for sensible sinners. Discovering the quality, object, acts, seat, subject, inseparable concomitants and degrees of justifying faith. The agreement and difference of a strong and weak faith; the difficulty of believing, the facility of mistake about it, and the misery of unbelief. The nature of living by faith, and the improvement of it to a full assurance. Wherein several cases are resolved, and objections answered. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, Bachelor in Divinity and late minister of the Gospel in Covent Garden.The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. Or Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the only way of salvation for sensible sinners. Discovering the quality, object, acts, seat, subject, inseparable concomitants and degrees of justifying faith. The agreement and difference of a strong and weak faith; the difficulty of beleeving, the facility of mistake about it, and the misery of unbelief. The nature of living by faith, and the improvement of it to a full assurance. Wherein several cases are resolved, and objections answered. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, Batchelour in Divinity and late minister of the Gospel in Covent Garden.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Adoniram Byfield, 1657
The humble sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. › Chapter 3 › Section 1
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First in the aloneness of it, whatsoever was required meritoriously to save men is in him alone, there is no other name beside his, nor with his, but he alone is a Saviour, there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, said the Apostle, 1 Tim. 2. 5. There is no concurrence of any Angel, nor of the Prayers of any Saints departed, and glorified, nor yet in the inherent sanctity in any man living nor yet of any works before, or after grace, which comes in with Christ as a meritorious cause of our Salvation: But Jesus Christ alone, is sufficient, and effectual to save the sinner: as the government is upon his shoulder, so is our Salvation. Thou canst not come to an Angel, nor to a Saint, and say such and such sins are the burden now upon my soul, do you by your righteousness ease me, such and such debts are upon my soul, do you satisfy for me: Thou canst not come to God and say, truly Lord I have sinned against thee, but here are so many floods of tears which I have shed, now for their sakes wash and pardon me; Here are so many prayers offered up unto thee, for their sakes hear and hearken, and forgive; here are so many charitable works by which I have clothed the naked, fed the hungry, relieved the poor, for their sakes look upon me and accept of me.
First in the alonenesse of it, whatsoever was required meritoriously to save men is in him alone, there is no other name beside his, nor with his, but he alone is a Saviour, there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, said the Apostle, 1 Tim. 2. 5. There is no concurrence of any Angel, nor of the Prayers of any Saints departed, and glorified, nor yet in the inherent sanctity in any man living nor yet of any workes before, or after grace, which comes in with Christ as a meritorious cause of our Salvation: But Jesus Christ alone, is sufficient, and effectual to save the sinner: as the government is upon his shoulder, so is our Salvation. Thou canst not come to an Angel, nor to a Saint, and say such and such sinnes are the burden now upon my soul, do you by your righteousnesse ease me, such and such debts are upon my soul, do you satisfie for me: Thou canst not come to God and say, truly Lord I have sinned against thee, but here are so many floods of teares which I have shed, now for their sakes wash and pardon me; Here are so many prayers offered up unto thee, for their sakes heare and harken, and forgive; here are so many charitable works by which I have clothed the naked, fed the hungry, relieved the poor, for their sakes look upon me and accept of me.