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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Evidences that God is my God.

1. My being in Covenant with God. Wherein the great blessing promised is, that God will be our God. Heb. 8. 10. and my being in Covenant is evidenced to my Soul by my coming to, and closing with Christ the Mediator of the Covenant; for he promiseth

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to make an Everlasting Covenant with such as come to him. Isa. 55. 3.

2. My engaging my heart to approach to God. Jer. 30. 21, 22.

3. My being one of Gods Servants, as before. Isa. 41. 9, 10: Thou art my Servant—I am thy God.

4. The Law of God in my heart, and my delight to do the will of God. Jer. 31. 33. Ps. 40. 8.

5. My fear of God. Jer. 32. 38, 39, 40. which fear is discerned by eschewing and departing from evil. Job. 1. 1. Prov. 16. 6.

6. My choosing the Lord for my God. Ps. 16. 2. and voluntary giving up my self to him, to obey his voice and keep his ways. Deut. 26. 17, 18, 19. Jer. 7. 23.

7. My willingness to leave earthly Enjoy∣ments at the call of God, setting loose to the world, looking upon my self as a Stranger and Pilgrim on the Earth, and preferring and seeking Heavenly things above Earthly. For God is not ashamed to be called their God that are, and do thus. 11. 13, 14, 15. 16.

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