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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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7. God and Christ decreed, booked, and sealed our salvation: and so must we put to our seal that God is true (i.) we must believe in Christ? for when we believe, we make ⟨p. 56⟩Christs word good. He that believes not, makes God a liar, (as you have heard) in that he frustrates, or endeavours to frustrate Christs undertaking in his predestination.
7. God and Christ decreed, booked, and sealed our salvation: and so must we put to our seal that God is true (i.) we must believe in Christ? for when we believe, we make ⟨p. 56⟩Christs word good. He that believes not, makes God a lyar, (as you have heard) in that he frustrates, or endeavors to frustrate Christs undertaking in his predestination.
8. God and Christ entered into Covenant concerning our salvation: So must we enter into Covenant with him; we must take him to be our God, and give up our selves to be his people: — Why thus we must in all particulars conform to Christ. The sum of all is this, we must be like Christ in grace, and gracious actings.
O my soul, see to this grace, see to this conformity to Jesus Christ in gracious actings, and this will enable thee to read thy name written in the Book of Life. O abhor, & repel that Devils dart, I am predestinated, and therefore I may live as I list; how contrary is this to the Apostle,1 he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the World, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in love? and as the Elect of God put on bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forgiving one another, —Even as Christ forgave you? this conformity to Christ in grace is the very effect of our predestination: