Author
Occom, Samson
Date13 July, 1766
ms number766413.1
abstractOccom's sermon on the text 1 Timothy 6:12: Fight the good fight of
faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and has professed
a good
profession before many witnesses.
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that
results in a loss of text.
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EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain
1 Timothy 6. 12
It is greatly to be obſervd, yt
Chriſtianity is compared, almoſt to every Temporal Concern of Man,
the Infinite Condeſention of
gad is to be Seen here in, that he Shou'd Level his Lang^ag^ to weak Capacities
and amongſt innumerable Texts of Scripture our Text is he herein Chriſtianity is ^fitly^
[illegible][guess: Com^d^] to a warfare — now a warefare is one of the greateſt
^Concerns^ of this Wor^l^d and it is a
great Concern in a Kingdom, [illegible][guess: Ev]ery one is Concer^n^ in it or ought to be, — So Chriſtianity ought to be ye
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[illegible][guess: gr]eateſt and univerſal Concern
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[illegible][guess: of] all Mankind of all
Ranks and Degrees — And Since the Holy ghoſt has Compared his works to our worldly Concerns, we will Endeavour
to follow his Teachings, by Compareing the Spiritual warfare
with Carnal warfare — and here firſt, in a Carnal warfare there is a Regular ^method^
— to be taken &c 1 there muſt be a regular inleſtment, — 2 a Sodier
yt
inleſt Swears
a Leagiance to be true to his King 3 he forſakes all [illegible] and ventu[gap: tear][guess: r]es his Life in the Service [gap: tear]
4 he has rite and title to all the Proviſitions
yt the King has made for that
porpoſe
&c
ye army is beauty^ful^ 5 he Stands ready to obey all orders. Stands and
having underſtood his
Buſineſs he is ready to fight at the word of Command —
his Enemies mny and Crafty and therefore he ought to watch his Enemies are
Chiefly theſe the world the Fleſh and the Devil & and there Some Certain
Seaſons when theſe Enemies are Buſy
Inference
1 So as we have heard yt there is a ^Spiritual^ warfare, and have you Inleſted
yr Selves, how long Since you have been in this
Sevice,— what Victories have you obtained — if you are the
fighter, be Couragious, fear not the faces of your Enemies follow your Captian
whe he gos have faith in him at all times — 2 let them that have never Inleſted u^n^der the great Capt of our Salv
[gap: tear][guess: ati]on be perſwaded to [gap: tear]
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