A92854:29
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Good God! That Paul should be questioned because he did cast out a Devil! But this is not the matter objected, nor the immediate ground of the trouble (Her Master saw that the hope of their gains was gone.) How far will the love of the world thrust a man against Gods servants, even Paul himself is brought to the Bar, when he cuts off the gains which the Devil brought. Covetous hearts and good Ministers can never agree. They will rather sell •he Truth than lose their Gain.
Good God! That Paul should be questioned because he did cast out a Devil! But this is not the matter objected, nor the immediate ground of the trouble (Her Master saw that the hope of their gaines was gone.) How far will the love of the world thrust a man against Gods servants, even Paul himself is brought to the Bar, when he cuts off the gaines which the Devil brought. Covetous hearts and good Ministers can never agree. They will rather sell •he Truth than lose their Gaine.
But being now before the Magistrate, what is their accusation? What! That Paul and Silas did cast out the Devil? No That they who were the Masters of the Damosel were impaired and disadvantaged by their Preaching? No, though this was the ground, yet something else was the Pretence. This would seem somewhat too base, and therefore they urge against them another allegation, which they knew would easily take, vers. 20. These being Jews exceedingly trouble our City, and ver. 21. Teach Customs which are not lawful for us to receive, nor to observe, being Romans.
But being now before the Magistrate, what is their accusation? What! That Paul and Silas did cast out the Devil? No That they who were the Masters of the Damosel were impaired and disadvantaged by their Preaching? No, though this was the ground, yet something else was the Pretence. This would seeme somewhat too base, and therefore they urge against them another allegation, which they knew would easily take, vers. 20. These being Iews exceedingly trouble our City, and ver. 21. Teach Customes which are not lawful for us to receive, nor to observe, being Romans.