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Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…
Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...
London: printed for Peter Parker, 1674
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Ah Christians if you would see a wonder, look upon Christ, and here see a wonder, here is a wonder, above all that the world can show. There are two sorts of wonders that God hath to show, the wonder of his power; and the wonder of his grace.
Ah Christians if you would see a wonder, look upon Christ, and here see a wonder, here is a wonder, above all that the world can shew. There are two sorts of wonders that God hath to shew, the wonder of his power; and the wonder of his grace.
First, The wonder of his Power. What a wonder is it, to see such a fabric as heaven and earth, all come out of nothing by the power of God. Christians 'tis a great evil in us that we do no more wonder at this great power. What a wonder is the Sun, in its bigness and brightness, flying many Millions of miles in a minute of an hour!
First, The wonder of his Power. What a wonder is it, to see such a fabrick as heaven and earth, all come out of nothing by the power of God. Christians 'tis a great evil in us that we do no more wonder at this great power. What a wonder is the Sun, in its bigness and brightness, flying many Millions of miles in a minute of an hour!
Secondly, But all these wonders are nothing to what his wonder of grace is. In Christ you may see all these wonders swallowed up. Let me show you a little of this wonder. In Christ are to be seen these following wonders. 1. God manifest in the flesh. 2, God suffering in the flesh. 3. Justice and mercy sweetly reconciled. 4. The greatest good coming out of the womb of the greatest evil. 5. Perfect justice raging against perfect innocence. 6 Infinite wisdom at cost upon mere worthlessness. 7. The Son of the blessing made to be a curse. 8. The Father of mercy forgetting his bowels to his own Son.