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The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ…The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ…
The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ hath endowed her considered in some contemplations upon part of the 12. chapter of the Hebrews : together with certain other meditations and discourses upon other portions of Holy Scriptures, the titles whereof immediately precede the book : being the sum of diverse sermons preached in S. Gregory's London / by Thomas Adams ...The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ hath endowed her considered in some contemplations vpon part of the 12. chapter of the Hebrewes : together with certain other meditations and discourses vpon other portions of Holy Scriptures, the titles wherof immediately precede the booke : being the summe of diuerse sermons preached in S. Gregories London / by Thomas Adams ...
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FAITHS ENCOURAGEMENT. › The Effect.FAITHS ENCOVRAGEMENT. › The Effect.
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Faith brings justification, not by any special excellency it hath in it self, but only by that place and office which God hath assigned it: it is the condition on our parts. So the Apostle instructed the Jailer, sBelieve •n the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Gods ordinance gives that thing the blessing, which it hath not in the own nature. If Naaman had gone of his own head, and washed himself seven times in Jordan, ⟨p. 437⟩he had not been healed: it was Gods command that gave those waters such purging virtue. If the Israelites stung with these fiery serpents in the Desert, had of their own devising set up a brazen Serpent, they had not been cured: it was neither the material brass, nor the serpentine form, but the direction of God which effected it. It was not the Statue, but the Statute, that gave the virtue. So Faith for it own merit brings none to heaven, but for the promise which the God of Grace and Truth had made to it.
Faith brings iustification, not by any speciall excellency it hath in it selfe, but onely by that place and office which God hath assigned it: it is the condition on our parts. So the Apostle instructed the Iailour, sBelieue •n the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thy house. Gods ordinance giues that thing the blessing, which it hath not in the owne nature. If Naaman had gone of his owne head, and washed himselfe seuen times in Iordan, ⟨p. 437⟩he had not been healed: it was Gods command that gaue those waters such purging vertue. If the Israelites stung with these fiery serpents in the Desart, had of their owne deuising set vp a brazen Serpent, they had not beene cured: it was neyther the materiall brasse, nor the serpentine forme, but the direction of God which effected it. It was not the Statue, but the Statute, that gaue the vertue. So Faith for it owne merit brings none to heauen, but for the promise which the God of Grace and Truth had made to it.