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The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians…The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians…
The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse showing a Christians privilege in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramental approaches, danger if he do not sanctify God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians priviledge in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramentall approaches, danger if hee do not sanctifie God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for A. Kembe, 1644
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.
2. Faith casts its eye on the ⟨p. 64⟩promise for the conveyance of grace from him, 1it sees a promise for derivation of grace from him to us: Faith works, virtute promissi: by virtue of the promise; where there is no promise, there can be no faith, and therefore faith discovers, that there may be communion and participation with this fullness; there are such promises made that of his fullness we shall receive grace for grace, John 1.16. and Christ is made unto us Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, 1 Cor. 1.30. and he came that we might have life, and have it in abundance; Joh. 10.10.
2. Faith casts its eye on the ⟨p. 64⟩promise for the conveyance of grace from him, 1it sees a promise for derivation of grace from him to us: Faith works, virtute promissi: by vertue of the promise; where there is no promise, there can be no faith, and therefore faith discovers, that there may be communion and participation with this fulness; there are such promises made that of his fulness we shall receive grace for grace, John 1.16. and Christ is made unto us Wisdome, Righteousnes, Sanctification, 1 Cor. 1.30. and he came that we might have life, and have it in abundance; Joh. 10.10.
- 1Ille est canalis gratiae; & ab illo nobis omnes rivuli derivantur. Daven.