Sermon, 1 Timothy 6:12, 1766 July 13

Author Occom, Samson[pers0030.ocp]

13 July 1766[1766-07-13]

Call Number766413.1

[note (type: abstract): Occom'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.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is clear and legible.][note (type: paper): Small sheets are larger than those contained in other sermon booklets, and are in fair-to-poor condition, with heavy staining and wear that results in a loss of text.][note (type: ink): Brown ink is heavily faded in spots.][note (type: noteworthy): A note reading "London July 13. 1766," has been added in a different, likely 19th-century, hand. This note appears to be the origin of the document's date.]

EventsFundraising Tour of Great Britain

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1 Timothy 6. 12

It is greatly to be [obſervd | observed]obſervdobserved, [yt | that]ytthat
[Chriſtianity | Christianity]ChriſtianityChristianity is compared, [almoſt | almost]almoſtalmost
to every Temporal Concern of
Man,
 the Infinite [Condeſention | condescension]Condeſentioncondescension of
[gad | God]gadGod is to be Seen [here in | herein]here inherein,
that he [Shou'd | should]Shou'dshould Level his [Lang[above] agag | language]Lang[above] agaglanguage
to weak Capacities
and [amongſt | amongst]amongſtamongst innumerable
Texts of Scripture our Text
is he herein [Chriſtianity | Christianity]ChriſtianityChristianity is [above] fitlyfitly [illegible][guess (ivys): [Com[above] dd | Compared]Com[above] ddCompared][Com[above] dd | Compared]Com[above] ddCompared
to a warfare — now a [warefare | warfare]warefarewarfare
is one of the [greateſt | greatest]greateſtgreatest [above] ConcernsConcerns of this Wor[above] lld
and it is a great Concern in
a Kingdom, [illegible][guess (ivys): Ev]Every one is [Concer[above] nn | concerned]Concer[above] nnconcerned
in it or ought to be, —
So [Chriſtianity | Christianity]ChriſtianityChristianity ought to be [ye | the]yethe
[gap: tear] [[illegible][guess (ivys): gr]greateſt | [illegible][guess (ivys): gr]greatest][illegible][guess (ivys): gr]greateſt[illegible][guess (ivys): gr]greatest and [univerſal | universal]univerſaluniversal Concern
[gap: tear] [illegible][guess (ivys): of]of all Mankind of all Ranks
and Degrees —
And Since the Holy [ghoſt | ghost]ghoſtghost
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 | first]firſtfirst, in a Carnal
warfare there is a Regular [above] methodmethod
to be taken [&c | etc.]&cetc.
1 there [muſt | must]muſtmust be a regular [in­
leſtment | en­
listment]
in­
leſtment
en­
listment
, —
2 a [Sodier | soldier]Sodiersoldier [yt | that]ytthat [inleſt | enlists]inleſtenlists Swears
[a Leagiance | allegiance]a Leagianceallegiance to be true to
his King
3 he [forſakes | forsakes]forſakesforsakes all [illegible] and ventu[gap: tear][guess (ivys): r]res
his Life in the Service [gap: tear]
4 he has [rite | right]riteright and title
to all the [Proviſitions | provisions]Proviſitionsprovisions [yt | that]ytthat
the King has made for that
[porpoſe | purpose]porpoſepurpose [&c | etc.]&cetc. [ye | the]yethe army is [beauty[above] fulful | beautiful]beauty[above] fulfulbeautiful
5 he Stands ready to obey
all orders. Stands
and having [underſtood | understood]underſtoodunderstood his
[Buſineſs | business]Buſineſsbusiness he is ready to fight
at the word of Command —
 his Enemies [mny | many]mnymany and Crafty
and therefore he ought to watch
his Enemies are Chiefly [theſe | these]theſethese
the world the [Fleſh | flesh]Fleſhflesh and
the Devil [& | and]&and
and there Some Certain
[Seaſons | seasons]Seaſonsseasons when [theſe | these]theſethese Enemies
are [Buſy | busy]Buſybusy
Inference
1 So as we have heard [yt | that]ytthat
there is a [above] SpiritualSpiritual warfare,
and have you [Inleſted | enlisted]Inleſtedenlisted [yr | your]yryour
Selves, how long Since
you have been in this
Sevice,— what Victories
have you obtained —
if you are the fighter,
be [Couragious | courageous]Couragiouscourageous, fear not
the faces of your Enemies
follow your [Captian | Captain]CaptianCaptain [whe | where]whewhere
he [gos | goes]gosgoes have faith in
him at all times —
2 let them that have
never [Inleſted | enlisted]Inleſtedenlisted u[above] nnder the
great [Capt | Captain]CaptCaptain of our Salv­
[gap: tear][guess (ivys): ati]ation be [perſwaded | persuaded]perſwadedpersuaded to [gap: tear] [illegible]
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