A34165:823
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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1. That Peace is the fruit of Grace. 2. That Grace and Peace are both from God. 3. That Love which is the spring of Grace and Peace, is from God as a Father. 4. That we share not in his Love, but only as he is our Father: All is from Propriety. First, Our Father, then grace and peace from God our Father. 5. That God is our Father only through Christ.
But before we draw any thing from the Text by way of Observation, we will speak to the terms by way of Explication. Grace be unto you: What is here meant by Grace? This is a sweet word, it perfumes the Breath, it cherishes the Conscience, it warms the heart, it ravishes the Soul; as the Spouse was ravished with •ayes of Christs glory, so Christ revives the Soul with one of his gracious rays discovered to the heart: Grace is the life of the Soul, thou art dead till Grace quickens thee, thou art lost till Grace find thee, undone till Grace saves thee; Grace is the Manna of Angels, the spiritual Bread which those that are holy in being are nourished with, and subsist by: Angels live on Grace, and stand by Grace; Man that shares in the Grace of God is made fellow Commoner with Angels, eats Angels food, and shares in Angels blessings: Grace is the substance of the Scripture, the end of the Law, the fullness of the Gospel: Gregory calls it the Heart and Soul of God, I am sure Grace is the Heart and Soul of the Word; 'tis a little Word, but it comprehends all good: here is more than Homers Iliads in a Nut-shell, 'tis the Epitome of all the good in Heaven an Earth; name any Word that signifies good in the Soul here, or hereafter, but it is found in the Index, in this little word Grace: Grace comprehends Gods love to us, and our love to God, and as Gods love to us is the sum of all Mercy; so ⟨image 98⟩our love to God, is the sum of all Duty; Grace is the new birth of the Soul, whereby it takes up another nature, a new nature, a spiritual Godlike nature; as Christ was born and thereby took on him the nature of man, and was made flesh; so man is born by grace, and thereby takes upon him the nature of God, and is made Spirit: and here you have at once the great mystery of Grace in the lowest debasement of a Saviour, and the highest advancement of a Sinner, for the Lord Christ could not be more debased, than to be born; it was nothing so great an abasement for Christ to dye, as for him to be born, for being once made man, it is no wonder for to die, but being the great God, it is a wonder that ever he should be made man. Lo here is the debasement of Christ; yet if he had been born to a Crown, to Honour, it had been something, but he was born to shame, to sorrow, and death;