A92854:324
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.
1. Absolutely, as a simple habit, or quality of grace, apt to change the unbelievingness of the heart, and to send forth the acts of trusting and acceptance. 1Thus faith is not the only way of salvation, partly because other habits are required as well as faith, and partly because there is not in faith, (absolutely considered) any meritorious dignity (of it self) to challenge salvation. We say that a Ring is worth a hundred pound, not absolutely considered, not that the gold which makes the Ring, amounts to that value, but in respect of the Diamond set in that Ring; so faith is a grace of wonderful price (much more precious then gold) Not so much in respect of it self, as if it did by its own natural dignity cause our Justification, and salvation, but in respect of Christ, whose person it takes, and on whose righteousness it doth rely; so though this be true, we are justified by faith, yet this is as true, we are not justified for faith, but for Christ, on whom faith doth trust.
1. Absolutely, as a simple habit, or quality of grace, apt to change the unbelievingnesse of the heart, and to send forth the acts of trusting and acceptance. 1Thus faith is not the only way of salvation, partly because other habits are required as well as faith, and partly because there is not in faith, (absolutely considered) any meritorious dignity (of it self) to challenge salvation. We say that a Ring is worth a hundred pound, not absolutely considered, not that the gold which makes the Ring, amounts to that value, but in respect of the Diamond set in that Ring; so faith is a grace of wonderful price (much more precious then gold) Not so much in respect of it self, as if it did by its own natural dignity cause our Justification, and salvation, but in respect of Christ, whose person it takes, and on whose righteousnesse it doth rely; so though this be true, we are justified by faith, yet this is as true, we are not justified for faith, but for Christ, on whom faith doth trust.
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