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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London :: Printed by H.H. for Tho. Parkhurst ...,
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 6, 2024.
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Apr. 8. The Lord warned me to take heed how I presumed to sin against him upon the account of any mercies and favours he had bestowed upon me, or upon the account of any gifts or graces given me from 2 Pet. 2. 4. If God spared not the Angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell—The Angels had been partakers of great goodness, God had done great things for them, placed them in Heaven, yet when they sinned he did not spare them, but cast them down to Hell. O my Soul, be not high minded, do not pre∣sume to sin against God, but fear to offend him.
Apr. 15. Corruption having prevailed I was indisposed to pray, and could not medi∣tate.
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After I had been praying a second time though with much flatness and distraction, God graciously revived my Soul with Rom. 7. 23. 25. and 8. 1.
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