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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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1. That God would give him a good Understanding of the Scriptures, and of his Mind revealed therein.
2. That he would not send him Dreams or Visions, Yea, [saith he] I contracted with God that h• would not: Brethren the holy Scriptures are those sacred Oracles by which God speaks to us, and […] them i• contained all things which are necessary for us to know as to Faith, and Practice; being sufficient to make every Man Wise to Salvation through' Faith in Jesus Christ, 1and Perfect, throughly furnished unto all good Works: Therefore certainly such that are not satisfied to adhere to the holy Scriptures as a sufficient Rule in all points of Faith, and Practice▪ but desire God to speak unto them by Dreams, o• Visions, are deluded by Satan, and do thereby cas• great contempt upon the holy Scriptures.
2. That he would not send him Dreams or Visions, Yea, [saith he] I contracted with God that h• would not: Brethren the holy Scriptures are those sacred Oracles by which God speaks to us, and 〈…〉 them i• contained all things which are necessary for us to know as to Faith, and Practice; being sufficient to make every Man Wise to Salvation thro' Faith in Jesus Christ, 1and Perfect, throughly furnished unto all good Works: Therefore certainly such that are not satisfied to adhere to the holy Scriptures as a sufficient Rule in all points of Faith, and Practice▪ but desire God to speak unto them by Dreams, o Visions, are deluded by Satan, and do thereby cas great contempt upon the holy Scriptures.