A34165:835
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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First, That Grace and Peace are the Saints privilege; if Grace is, then Peace is. But Grace is the privilege of every Believer, and that whether you look upon it as taken from the love and favour of God to us; this is the Believers privilege. God can as well forget Christ at his right hand, as cease his love and favour to the soul of a Believer; the Believers ⟨image 100⟩title to all their blessings arises out of this never-failing love of God; or if you ask grace for the fruit of Gods love to the soul, still it falls to the Believers privilege, Vocation, Justification, Adoption, pardon of Sin, purging from Sin, strength against sin, Holiness, Faith, Love, Obedience, Perseverance; all these are the privileges of every Believer; nay, a man cannot be a Believer without any one of them, they are as essential to the Being of a Christian, as reason to the Being of a man.
First, That Grace and Peace are the Saints priviled•e; if Grace is, then Peace is. But Grace is the priviledge of every Believer, and that whether you look upon it as taken from the love and favour of God to us; this is the Believers priviledge. God can as well forget Christ at his right hand, as cease his love and favour to the soul of a Believer; the Believers ⟨image 100⟩title to all their blessings arises out of this never-failing love of God; or if you aske grace for the fruit of Gods love to the soul, still it falls to the Believers priviledge, Vocation, Justification, Adoption, pardon of Sin, purging from Sin, strength against sin, Holiness, Faith, Love, Obedience, Perseverance; all these are the priviledges of every Believer; nay, a man cannot be a Believer without any one of them, they are as essential to the Being of a Christian, as reason to the Being of a man.
Secondly, As Grace, so Peace is the Believers privilege: There is peace external, peace supernal, peace internal, and peace eternal: There is peace external, this peace with men; there is peace supernal, that is peace with God; there is peace internal, that is peace with Conscience: all these three are to be had here upon earth; and then there is peace eternal, and that is only to be had in Heaven. The Apostle here doth not exclude the former, but chiefly intends the latter: peace with man is a good thing to be desired, but peace with God and Conscience is much more to be desired. Peace with God is the spring of all things both within and without, both below and above, both in time and eternity: so saith Job, if he gives peace, who then can make trouble? Now this peace is the Saints privilege. it is a Legacy left to every Believer, by the last Will and Testament of a dying Redeemer. Will you see a copy of his Will, then look in Job. 14.27. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. There is, it seems, a peace in the worlds power to give, and there is a peace of Christs bestowing. Now Christ would have us here not to mistake the worlds peace for his, for the difference is very great; for first, the worlds peace is a false peace, it is counterfeit coin, it hath not the current stamp of Heaven on it; but the peace that Christ gives to a Believer, is true peace, and perfect peace: