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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 6 › Section 5
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Another is ingenious of faith, and this taking of Christ, is grounded only in Christ, in its excellencies, beauties, perfections, which are not like the light of a candle, this hour very clear, and the next, none at all, but like light in the Sun, still abiding and remaining; and therefore, when a man doth by faith, take Christ, he takes him for ever: for faith can never change for the better, and it sees steadfast reason in Christ, to cleave to Christ.
Another is ingenious of faith, and this taking of Christ, is grounded onely in Christ, in its excellencies, beauties, perfections, which are not like the light of a candle, this houre very cleare, and the next, none at all, but like light in the Sunne, still abiding and remaining; and therefore, when a man doth by faith, take Christ, he takes him for ever: for faith can never change for the better, and it sees stedfast reason in Christ, to cleave to Christ.
Now I come to the consequent object of faith, and that is, remission of sins and righteousness, and whatsoever good comes from Christ,
Now I come to the consequent object of faith, and that is, remission of sinnes and righteousnesse, and whatsoever good comes from Christ,
For thus it is, faith doth order its motions, or actions according to the word; Now the word reveals, and offers Christ first, and then the benefits next. It is not, whosoever believes eternal life shall have Christ the Son of God, but whosoever believes on the Son of God, shall have eternal life; Nor is it, whosoever believes the remission of sins, shall have Christ, but whosoever believes in Christ, shall have the Remission of sins.
For thus it is, faith doth order its motions, or actions according to the word; Now the word reveales, and offers Christ first, and then the benefits next. It is not, whosoever beleeves eternal life shall have Christ the Sonne of God, but whosoever beleeves on the Sonne of God, shall have eternal life; Nor is it, whosoever beleeves the remission of sinnes, shall have Christ, but whosoever beleeves in Christ, shall have the Remission of sinnes.