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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 56: That it's not enough to be put into a state of Grace, unless by Gods Power we are kept…
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Others take Name, not for the Object, but for our Knowledge and Faith of this Doctrine, and so you have a notable use of the word, Revel. 2.13. and they make the Preposition instrumental, Keep them through the knowledge and faith of thee; as we have a like phrase, 1 Pet. 1.5. They are said to be kept by the power of God through faith.
These three later Interpretations we take as one whole complete sense, for they are kept by the power of God in the true Doctrine, and a true faith in Christ is the means whereby we are kept. From the first Interpretation, that God keeps us by his power, Observe,
These three later Interpretations we take as one whole compleat sense, for they are kept by the power of God in the true Doctrine, and a true faith in Christ is the means whereby we are kept. From the first Interpretation, that God keeps us by his power, Observe,
That it is not enough to be put into the state of Grace, 1unless by Gods Power we are kept therein: Or, When a man is regenerated, it's not his own strength, or ability, but Gods power merely that keeps him.
That it is not enough to be put into the state of Grace, 1unless by Gods Power we are kept therein: Or, When a man is regenerated, it's not his own strength, or ability, but Gods power meerly that keeps him.