4. You must not dispute the case at the bar of flesh and blood, whether you shall part with your own sins or no. Flesh and sin are sworn Brothers, like Herod and Pi∣late both agree against Christ; flesh will plead for sin, because flesh knows no other happiness but in sin, hence is that of the Apostle, 1 Cor. 15. 50. you must away with flesh, when you would consult for the good of your Souls; always flesh will hinder us in whatever is good, I Gal. 15, 16. had Paul consulted with flesh, he had never been a Preacher, flesh would have said to him as Peter to Christ, Ma∣ster save thy self: 'Tis a dangerous time now to renounce thy sin, it will breed thee a great deal of trouble, if thou turn from sin, thou wilt have all the World about thy ears; therefore dispute not the case with flesh.
Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Oldfield, James.
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- 1687.
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"Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.