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Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ…Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ…
Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...
London: printed for Simon Miller, 1657
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.
It is the Gospel, and the Gospel only, that calls for this Obedience; the Law doth not require us to apply our selves unto Christ, no more than it doth require us to apply Christ unto our selves, but barely saith, Do this, and live, Transgress this and dye,
It is the Gospel, and the Gospel only, that cals for this Obedience; the Law doth not require us to apply our selves unto Christ, no more than it doth require us to apply Christ unto our selves, but barely saith, Do this, and live, Transgrefse this and dye,
The Gospel doth not barely call for this Obedience of Faith, but promises to give it, and works the heart unto it, yea freely gives it us as a gift, They shall look on him, whom they have pierced, &c. Zach. 12.10. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my Statutes, saith the Lord, &c. Ezek. 36.27. To you it is given in the behalf of Christ; not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake, saith the Apostle, Phil. 1.29. These things premised, I proceed to the trial of Obedience; and for the more perspicuity, propound this Question.
The Gospel doth not barely call for this Obedience of Faith, but promises to give it, and works the heart unto it, yea freely gives it us as a gift, They shall looke on him, whom they have pierced, &c. Zach. 12.10. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my Statutes, saith the Lord, &c. Ezek. 36.27. To you it is given in the behalf of Christ; not only to beleeve on him, but also to suffer for his sake, saith the Apostle,