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Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the…Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the…
Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Christopher Meredith, 1652
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.
3. Because Repentance, as it is one of the first and chiefest lessons of the Gospel, so it is one of the chiefest purchases and privileges of the Gospel. As Christ came from heaven to preach repentance, so he shed his blood to purchase repentance. And therefore he bids his Disciples to go and preach repentance in his ⟨p. 6⟩Name, that is, as his purchase, Luk. 24. 47. Repentance is a backdoor to escape Gods wrath by, made up of Christs blood. A door that the Angels had not, nor Adam, till Christ had purchased it for him. The Covenant of Works admits not of it. Repentance is the proper privilege of the Covenant of Grace.
3. Because Repentance, as it is one of the first and chiefest lessons of the Gospel, so it is one of the chiefest purchases and priviledges of the Gospel. As Christ came from heaven to preach repentance, so he shed his bloud to purchase repentance. And therefore he bids his Disciples to go and preach repentance in his ⟨p. 6⟩Name, that is, as his purchase, Luk. 24. 47. Repentance is a backdoor to escape Gods wrath by, made up of Christs bloud. A door that the Angels had not, nor Adam, till Christ had purchased it for him. The Covenant of Works admits not of it. Repentance is the proper priviledge of the Covenant of Grace.
4. Because Repentance is one of the chiefest gifts of the Gospel. For as Christ became man to preach Repentance, and shed his blood to purchase repentance; so he is also risen from the dead, and exalted at Gods right hand, to be a Prince and Saviour to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins, Act. 5. 31. Hence I gather, That to be under the Gospel, and to live impenitently, is to sin against the incarnation of Christ, it is to sin against the blood-shed of Christ, it is to sin against the resurrection and exaltation of Christ, it is to sin against the purchase and donation of Christ, and against the chief privileges of a Christian.