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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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3. The greatness of danger by Heresies.
3. The greatnesse of danger by Heresies.
Heresies are the greatest and highest of dangers to the Church of Christ: you will imagine that the sword, and prison, and exile, and dispersion, and spoiling, and torments, and tortures, and the most cruel deaths which befell the Church in the Primitive times, were extremely dangerous, and so they were; but yet not half so dangerous as the floods of heresies and corrupt opinions are. The Church ever gained by the former, grew more in purity, in unity, in prayer, in zeal and courage: But did it ever get so by heresies and erroneous doctrines? Unless by accident, and after much striving, and physicking for recovery.
Heresies are the greatest and highest of dangers to the Church of Christ: you will imagine that the sword, and prison, and exile, and dispersion, and spoiling, and torments, and tortures, and the most cruell deaths which befell the Church in the Primitive times, were extreamly dangerous, and so they were; but yet not half so dangerous as the flouds of heresies and corrupt opinions are. The Church ever gained by the former, grew more in purity, in unity, in prayer, in zeal and courage: But did it ever get so by heresies and erroneous doctrines? Unlesse by accident, and after much striving, and physicking for recovery.
I will go no farther then the Text it self, to set out unto you the exceeding mischief & danger which comes by heresies and erroneous doctrines. They are in the Text styled a flood cast out of the mouth of the Serpent: Now seriously consider,
I will goe no farther then the Text it self, to set out unto you the exceeding mischief & danger which comes by heresies and erroneous doctrines. They are in the Text styled a floud cast out of the mouth of the Serpent: Now seriously consider,