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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 › Application.
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Answ. 1. What will you leave to the Angels to do, (saith one) if they do not Teach, Guide,1 Protect and Minister unto us? 2. What the Angels do, Christ doth; they are his Servants, he uses them as Instruments in his Hand. 3. We leave to Christ to do all by the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost, yet he makes use of the Angels of the Churches, as well as the Angels of Heaven.
- 1The Lord Lawrence.
Object. But you may say, Christ needs not the Ministration of Angels.
Answ. No more doth he need the Ministration of M•n, nor the Use of Ordinances, yet he is pleased to make use of both for the Good of his Church. 1Fifthly, This may administer much Comfort to Believers. Reprobates, tho Princes on Earth, have no such Guards to attend them as you have: Are they not all Ministering Spirits, 2sent forth to min•ster to them that shall be Heirs of Salvation? O! what a Glorious Retinue have you? Your Way is full of Angels, who go to and fro therein. The Wicked are left to the wide World, but Christ is pleased to give his Saints Tutors, Governors and Guardians to Preserve, Protect and Wait upon them; the Holy Angels wel• know their Charge who they are to keep and b•ar up in their Hands, and save from danger. 2. See how dear and precious you are to God; yea, how honourable in his Sight every Elect Person is: He hath his Guard. Multitudes of Angels to attend him at all times; for your sakes they have received their Charge, their Commission; He hath given his Angels charge over thee. You are weak, but they are strong; you sleep sometimes, but they are always awake and sleep not: Sirs, God sends his own Guards to watch over you, to protect and keep you; he knows what a Multitude of Devils would gladly destroy you, and therefore (as you have heard) he has sent a Multitude of Angels to defend and save you; you have not only Ministers on Earth, the Angels of the Churches, but the Angels of Heaven to be your Servants. And the End why God sends them and employs them is expressed; not that we should worship