Jul. 23. The Lord did awaken my Con∣sience to such a sense of my sin, and lost e∣state in the reading and hearing of his Word, that when I went to Prayer, I was before him as a lost creature, being under wrath and the
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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- 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 1, 2024.
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sentence of death, lying in my blood and pollution. Now whereas before I found my heart carried out in begging Sanctification, I did now cry to God for the blood of Christ to wash away the guilt of my sin, I did not be∣fore prize Justifying Grace so as now in some weak measure I was made to doe. But I soon found an accursed hard heart, in a little time I did not tremble at the wrath of God. I have laboured to work these convictions up∣on my heart, but I found such a roving heart, such a slighty heart so possest with vanity that nothing would abide with it. Lord, un∣less thou savest me for thy mercies sake, I perish.