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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 9 › Section 2
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2, Again, take this caution, that this low condition of the Church shall not always be so, for in the latter days Jesus Christ will more plentifully pour out p••s •rity, grace, which though it hath been more rarely dispensed hitherunto, yet it seemeth to me, that it shall be otherwise in the glorious times of the Church in this world as may be gathered out of the Prophesies of Isaiah from the sixty Chapter and so forward: and from many other Scriptures.
2, Again, take this caution, that this low condition of the Church shall not alwa•es be so, for in the latter dayes Jesus Christ will more plentifully pour out p••s •rity, grace, which though it hath been more rarely dispenced hitherunto, yet it seemeth to me, that it shall be otherwise in the glorious times of the Church in this world as may be gathered out of the Prophesies of Isaiah from the sixty Chapter and so forward: and from many other Scriptures.
3. Jesus Christ came in a low condition in this world, and carrieth his Elect (many of them) through this world in a low condition, to exert and exercise Gods Sovereignty, in defending his poor worms against the proud great world, and sometimes in advancing his worm, Jacob and David from the Shepherds crook to the Sceptre, Luk. 1.48. he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaid, this Sovereignty of God is highly celebrated, 1 Sam. 2.4. ad 11. Job. 5.15, 16. and abundantly in the books both of the Scriptures and of the providences of God.