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The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House…
The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, January 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden.The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, Ianuary 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgvvick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden.
London: printed by M.F. for Samuel Gellibrand, 1647
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IV. The special engagements which are upon us all, to lay all these things with sorrow to our hearts. Beloved! we are Christians (let others think of us as they please) ⟨p. 35⟩we are covenanting Christians, (let others deride this as they list) and we are, or should be penitent Christians (let others be what they please) now.
IV. The speciall engagements which are upon us all, to lay all these things with sorrow to our hearts. Beloved! we are Christians (let others think of us as they please) ⟨p. 35⟩we are covenanting Christians, (let others deride this as they list) and we are, or should be penitent Christians (let others be what they please) now.
Consider us as Christians, we take our selves to be the children of the true and living God, and profess our selves to be the members of Jesus Christ; The faith of Christ is delivered unto us: we are entrusted with it, we are responsible for it: we are to be zealous for it. How then can we suffer our God, our Christ, our faith, to be thus dishonourably injured and abused, and not be troubled at all!
Consider us as Christians, we take our selves to be the children of the true and living God, and professe our selves to be the members of Iesus Christ; The faith of Christ is delivered unto us: we are intrusted with it, we are responsable for it: we are to be zealous for it. How then can we suffer our God, our Christ, our faith, to be thus dishonourably injured and abused, and not be troubled at all!