Apr. 9. Lords day, I was much discom∣posed in my Spirit in the Morning, by reason of a foil sin had given me the Evening before. Satan would have boat me off from Preaching in my Family, but I performed my Morning exercise, and continued dejected till the Evening, and then in Family Prayer God graciously revived me with that promise. Hos. 11. 10. They shall walk after the Lord, in Connexion with vers. 7. my people are bent to backsliding, though they called them to the most high, none at all would exalt him. Where two things were a great relief to my Faith. 1. God promiseth they should walk after him, not∣withstanding their habitual proness to back∣slide from God. 2. Notwithstanding their refusing to exalt the Lord, though called to it. Yet within a little time I was again foiled
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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- 1681.
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- Stockton, Owen, 1630-1680.
- Church of England -- Sermons.
- Funeral sermons.
- Sermons, English.
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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 1, 2024.
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by my corruption, which made me see what a poor creature I was, it left of God to my self.