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 13, 2024.

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Evidences that I was one of Gods Servants.

Sept. 30. 1666. I considered with my self what evidence I had that I was one of Gods Servants, and was satisfied from these Scrip∣tures, Rom. 6. 16. Know ye not that to whom ye yield your selves Servants to obey, his Ser∣vants ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto Righteousness. I find God hath given me an heart to yield my

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self to Him. Nehem. 1. 11. O Lord I beseech thee, Let now thine ears be attentive to the prayer of thy Servant, and to the prayer of thy Servants that desire to fear thy Name. Here I saw that such as desire to fear God, are ac∣counted Gods servants. Which through grace I do.

Some doubtings arose in my heart, whe∣ther I was one of Gods Servants, because it is said, Joh. 8. 34. Verily, Verily I say unto you, that whosoever Committeth sin is the Ser∣vant of sin.

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