The True Christian's Faith and Experience Briefly Declared

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830. Excerpt: ... kindleth the fire that tormenteth tion of him, his oneness, his purity, the wicked. He that can under-and Almightiness in the holy scripstand, let him. tures, and he hath been educated and trained up in the traditions of his forefathers, and so his knowledge of God he professeth is acquired therefrom. He hath read in some book, or some body hath told him, that God is one, pure, omnipresent, and Almighty, and he grounds his faith and knowledge upon this tradition and history, and professeth God and his attributes, in words, but is not a living witness of the same within himself. And so, notwithstanding he professeth one God, he liveth in the world which hath many Gods, and worships and falls down before them. Every beloved lust, obeyed, is a God. Let the titular Christian profess what he will, he that committeth sin is the servant of it, and therein is no believer, worshipper, nor knower of the true God, his purity nor Almightiness; because his heart remaineth corrupt and rocky, and the mountains of darkness and ignorance remain unremoved, and the strong holds of satan unbroken down, his thoughts and imaginations unsubjected to the obedience of Christ, his will, tongue, and nature unbridled, the dross, tin, and rubbish remains, and is as a grave to the pure metal. This titular Christian contents himself to hear or read of God, as a refiner's fire, and as fuller's soap, and as a spirit of judgment and burning, and of his cleansing and purifying some in former generations; but loves not, nor cares not to know him so in himself; but rather despiseth and hateth his pure appearance in him, (whose first work is to convince him of sin, righteousness, and judgment, ) which is compared to a little silver amongst much dross, a little seed amongst many great ones, and...