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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 2 › Chapter 2 › Section 9: On conforming to Jesus in that Respect.
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4. God and Christ counselled about our Salvation; there was a great conflict in the Attributes of God; justice and mercy could not be reconciled, till the Wisdom of God found out that glorious and wonderful expedient, the Lord Jesus Christ: so let us Counsel about our Salvation: the flesh and the spirit whereof we are compounded, draw several ways, the Flesh draws Hell-ward, and the Spirit Heaven-ward; come then, call we in heavenly and spiritual Wisdom to decide this Controversy; you may hear its Language in Job 28.28.1 Behold the fear of the Lord, that is Wisdom; and to depart from evil is Understanding. If we would draw heaven-ward, and save our souls; come then, let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, fear God, and keep his Commandments, 2for this is the whole duty of Man. Keep his Commandments in an Evangelical sense (i) look at the expedient, Jesus Christ, who hath kept them for us, and in whom, and through whom, our imperfect Obedience is accepted with God.
4. God and Christ counselled about our Salvation; there was a great conflict in the Attributes of God; justice and mercy could not be reconciled, till the Wisdom of God found out that glorious and wonderful expedient, the Lord Jesus Christ: so let us Counsel about our Salvation: the flesh and the spirit whereof we are compounded, draw several wayes, the Flesh draws Hell-ward, and the Spirit Heaven-ward; come then, call we in heavenly and spiritual Wisdome to decide this Controversie; you may hear its Language in Job 28.28.1 Behold the fear of the Lord, that is Wisdome; and to depart from evil is Ʋnderstanding. If we would draw heaven-ward, and save our souls; come then, let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, fear God, and keep his Commandments, 2for this is the whole duty of Man. Keep his Commandments in an Evangelical sense (i) look at the expedient, Jesus Christ, who hath kept them for us, and in whom, and through whom, our imperfect Obedience is accepted with God.