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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 6 › Chapter 3 › Section 9: Of conforming to Jesus in that respect.
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4. Let us press God with the merits of Christ, and with his promises through Christ; for he hath said, Sin shall not have dominion over us; for we are not under the Law, but under Grace: 1and Paul experienced it, The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ hath freed me from the Law of sin and death. 5. Let us praise God, and thank God for the help already received, if we find that we have gotten some power against sin, that we have gotten more ability to oppose the lusts of the flesh, that we are seldom overtaken with any breaking forth of it, that we have been able to withstand some notable temptations to it, that the force of it in us is in any measure abated, that indeed and in truth virtue is gone out of the death of Christ: Oh then return we praises to God, let us triumph in God, let us lead our captivity captive, and sing new songs of praises unto God, and even ride in triumph over our corruptions, boasting our selves in God, and setting up our Banners in the name of the most High, and offering up humble and hearty thanks to our Father for the death of Christ, and for the merit, virtue, and efficacy of it derived unto us, and bestowed upon us.
4. Let us press God with the merits of Christ, and with his promises through Christ; for he hath said, Sin shall not have dominion over us; for we are not under the Law, but under Grace: 1and Paul experienced it, The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ hath freed me from the Law of sin and death. 5. Let us praise God, and thank God for the help already received, if we find that we have gotten some power against sin, that we have gotten more ability to oppose the lusts of the flesh, that we are seldom overtaken with any breaking forth of it, that we have been able to withstand some notable temptations to it, that the force of it in us is in any measure abated, that indeed and in truth vertue is gone out of the death of Christ: Oh then return we praises to God, let us triumph in God, let us lead our captivity captive, and sing new songs of praises unto God, and even ride in triumph over our corruptions, boasting our selves in God, and setting up our Banners in the name of the most High, and offering up humble and hearty thanks to our Father for the death of Christ, and for the merit, vertue, and efficacy of it derived unto us, and bestowed upon us.