Octob. 11. In the morning I bewailed it before God, that I was still at a loss to know whether I loved him; and after Prayer I read 1 Joh. 2 ch. and I was made in a more spe∣cial manner to take notice of v. 5. Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected. Me-thought I saw God An∣swering my Prayer, and telling me out of this word, that I loved him. In him verily, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, it is a sure sign of Love to God, we need not doubt of it, if we keep his Word. Now if I know my own heart I desire to do so.
Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ...
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- Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ...
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- Fairfax, John, 1623-1700.
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- Church of England -- Sermons.
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"Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39777.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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if the Love of God be perfected in him that keeps his Word, then surely it is begun in him that desires and endeavours to keep his Word.