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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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3. In that the same divine Worship and Adoration which is due to the Father, is due to the Man Christ Jesus; this, my Brethren, tends greatly to lift up, elevate, and exalt him to the ⟨p. 38⟩Heavens:1 That all Men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father; all Men must thus honour, and Worship him.
3. In that the same divine Worship and Adoration which is due to the Father, is due to the Man Christ Jesus; this, my Brethren, tends greatly to lift up, elivate, and exalt him to the ⟨p. 38⟩Heavens:1 That all Men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father; all Men must thus honour, and Worship him.
Brethren, 1this is one of our strongest Arguments to prove that our Lord Jesus Christ is God, the true God, God by Nature, i. e. because Divine Adoration is due to him; even the same worship that is due to the Father; were he a mere Man, not the most high God, it would be great Idolatry to worship him: I am the Lord, 2that is my Name; and my glory will I not give unto another, 3&c. the Apostle John would have worshipped the Angel; (thinking no doubt it had been Christ) I fell at his Feet to worship him,