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A discourse relating to the much-lamented death and solemn funeral of our incomparable and…
A discourse relating to the much-lamented death and solemn funeral of our incomparable and most gracious Queen Mary, of most blessed memory by John Howe.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1695
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.
The Third is the consummate State of a Christian; so is a perfect Man expounded by being come to the measure of the Stature of the fullness of Christ: That State to which all Gifts given by our ascended, conquering, crowned Redeemer; the whole Gospel, the Apostolate, the entire Ministry, the whole Frame and Constitution of the Christian Church, all Evangelical Truths and Institutions, with whatsoever Illuminations and Influences we can suppose superadded to all these, have ultimate and final Reference: and the State to which all shall come, Eph. 4. 8,—12, 13. is this most perfect State, in respect whereof the Apostle says of himself that he had not yet attained, nor was already perfect, Phil. 3. 12.
The Third is the consummate State of a Christian; so is a perfect Man expounded by being come to the measure of the Stature of the fulness of Christ: That State to which all Gifts given by our ascended, conquering, crowned Redeemer; the whole Gospel, the Apostolate, the entire Ministry, the whole Frame and Constitution of the Christian Church, all Evangelical Truths and Institutions, with whatsoever Illuminations and Influences we can suppose superadded to all these, have ultimate and final Reference: and the State to which all shall come, Eph. 4. 8,—12, 13. is this most perfect State, in respect whereof the Apostle says of himself that he had not yet attained, nor was already perfect, Phil. 3. 12.
I do not reckon the mere natural Perfection, either of the Inner or Outer Man, to be here necessarily excluded; but that the moral is chiefly intended, and of that the ultimate, consummative Degrees, still reserving room for such Additions as will follow the final Judgment.
I do not reckon the meer natural Perfection, either of the Inner or Outer Man, to be here necessarily excluded; but that the moral is chiefly intended, and of that the ultimate, consummative Degrees, still reserving room for such Additions as will follow the final Judgment.