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Obadiah Sedgwick
Obadiah Sedgwick
Obadiah Sedgwick sets out to answer the question almost all Christians have asked themselves: Have I truly been saved? In this treatise fashioned by pastoral wisdom and care, Sedgwick addresses the doubt that Christians often feel on their walk with Christ. Discerning the nature and types of doubts, as well as expertly providing biblically faithful applications, the author provides a sweet salve to the hearts of Christian readers. Sedgwick urges Christians to probe deeply into their faith to see how the pursuit of piety, trust in the promises of Scripture, and ultimately love for God quickly remedy a doubting heart.
“Doubt is a characteristic human problem. We all struggle with it from time to time, and some more than others. Sedgwick, in careful Puritan fashion, examines different aspects of doubt: why we have it, how it manifests in our lives in different ways, how we make it worse, and ultimately how we can find a cure for it. The Doubting Believer provides a fresh and vibrant corrective to the extremes of presumption and despair and charts a path for Christians to find not only a cure for the doubts that plague them but the comfort of an assured faith in the midst of weakness.”
Randall J. Pederson,coauthor of Meet the Puritans
OBADIAH SEDGWICK (ca. 1600-1658) was a Puritan pastor and prominent member of the Westminster Assembly. Other modern editions of his works include The Anatomy of Secret Sins, Christ’s Counsel to His Languishing Church, and Providence Handled Practically.