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Christ alone the way to Heaven, or, Jacob's ladder improved containing four sermons lately…
Christ alone the way to Heaven, or, Jacob's ladder improved containing four sermons lately preached on Genesis XXVIII, XII : wherein the doctrine of free-grace is displayed through Jesus Christ : also discovering the nature, office, and ministration of the holy angels : to which is added one sermon on Rom. 8, 1 : with some short reflections on Mr. Samuel Clark's new book entitled Scripture justification / by Benjamin Keach.Christ alone the way to Heaven, or, Jacob's ladder improved containing four sermons lately preach'd on Genesis XXVIII, XII : wherein the doctrine of free-grace is display'd through Jesus Christ : also discovering the nature, office, and ministration of the holy angels : to which is added one sermon on Rom. 8, 1 : with some short reflections on Mr. Samuel Clark's new book intituled Scripture justification / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by Benja. Harris, 1698
Title page typeset from the transcription.
CHRIST ALONE THE Way to Heaven: OR, JACOB'S LADDER IMPROVED, &c. › Sermon 1
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So that Man, that would go to Heaven, mus• be first brought to the Foot of Jesus Christ, i. e. he must see his own lost, 1and miserable Condi•• on, 2and know the Impossibility of getting to Heaven any other way: All Self▪ righteous Person were never brought to the Foot of this La•de• to the Foot of Jesus Christ,3 to acknowledge themselves wretched and undone Sinners• […] No Alas!4 they see•in• Necessity of Christ, nor o• his Righteousness! They▪ like the Jews of Old▪ being ignorant of God's Righteousness,5 go abou• to establish their own Leg••• or Inherent Righteousness: He that thinks he can get Wings t• fly up to Heaven, or can build a• Tower wit• his own hands, whose Top shall reach thither so that he can that way be saved, will neglect nay slight this glorious Contrivance• of God […] infinite Wisdom, of Saving Sinners by Jesus Christ and so never come to Christ's Foot: 6[…] it is •ai God called Abraham to his Foot: A […] maybe said to be brought to the Foot of […] Christ who is effectually Convinced of the […] he is in, without Christ; and of […] own I ability any other way, to Step one Ste towards Heaven; but with the Publican cry out,