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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
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But, my Brethren, know this,1 that all those who look back, never made one true step upon this Ladder; they never had one Dram of saving Faith, but ventured on Christ with a false Faith; and from hence could not see a far off, ⟨p. 34⟩but slavish fear possess them; and they being afraid, faint, and so look back, and fall down, and are destroyed for ever; and the higher they […], 2the greater is their fall: But we are not of them that draw back to Perdition.
But, my Brethren, know this,1 that all those who look back, never made one true step upon this Ladder; they never had one Dram of saving Faith, but ventured on Christ with a false Faith; and from hence could not see a far off, ⟨p. 34⟩but slavish fear possess them; and they being afraid, faint, and so look back, and fall down, and are destroyed for ever; and the higher they 〈…〉, 2the greater is their fall: But we are not of them that draw back to Perdition.
- 1Why some fall away, or draw back.
- 2[…]〈…〉
Sixte••thly, A Ladder that stands upon the Earth, and the Top reacheth to Heaven, had need to have ore Footing to stand upon.