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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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CHRIST ALONE THE Way to Heaven: OR, JACOB'S LADDER IMPROVED, &c. › Sermon 4
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2. They are endowed with Understanding, and Will, by virtue of which they were capable of Sinning, ⟨p. 93⟩and of departing from the Truth, of obeying or disobeying of God, until confirmed by an Immutable Head.
2. They are endow'd with Understanding, and Will, by v•rtue of which they were capable of Sinning, ⟨p. 93⟩and of departing from the Truth, of obeying or disobeying of God, until confirmed by an Immutable Head.
3. From their Office this is further evident: They appear before God, they serve him, and we are commanded to make them our Patterns; they come to us, admonish us, teach, protect, and comfort us.
4. Because th•y are said to appear to Men; as to Abraham, Jacob, and many others, tho not in their own spiritual Form. As so considered, no mortal Creature, doubtless, could behold them; for that is to render the Invisible World to be Visible: Sometimes they have appeared in assumption of Bodies, tho not for the doing of their Work, but to manifest themselves to be familiar with men. Aquinas adds, That they might manifest the intelligible Society and Converse, which men expect with them in another Life.