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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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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.
- 1Observ. That its not enough to be put into the state of grace, unless by Gods power we are kept therein.
Let us take notice of that place again, 1 Pet 1.5. Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation. The Greek word [Greek or Hebrew] is observed to be very emphatical, for it's properly used of those who keep a place by a Garrison of Soldiers, it's a military word; here it's applied to the Power of God that doth keep us as safely, as strongly, and as securely, as if we had an whole Army about us.
Let us take notice of that place again, 1 Pet 1.5. Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation. The Greek word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is observed to be very emphatical, for it's properly used of those who keep a place by a Garison of Souldiers, it's a military word; here it's applied to the Power of God that doth keep us as safely, as strongly, and as securely, as if we had an whole Army about us.