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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 1
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3. A Ladder must be long enough to to reach the thing desi•ed: Now Jesus Christ, in respect of his two Natures, is prepared so by the Wisdom of God, that in his Person he may be said to reach from Earth unto Heaven.
1. As touching his Humane Nature, which is the Foot of this Ladder; this stands as it were upon the Earth: — And,
1. As touching his Humane Nature, which is the F•ot of this Ladder; this stands as it were upon the Earth: — And,
2. As touching his divine Nature, which is the Top of the Ladder; this reacheth unto Heaven; and in these two Natures in the Person of Christ, we have what is represented by Jacob's Ladder; for as these two Natures are in his Person united together, ⟨p. 13⟩Heaven and Earth are united together:1 And now that he is God, see John, 1.1.2. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Christ, in respect of his divine Nature, is here called the Word; he was before the beginning of the Word, even […] everlasting; or ever the Earth w•s; He was with God,2 and was God, not a Creature; he was not Created at the beginning, but was the Creator, the Maker of Heaven and Earth; all things were made by him; not as the Instrumental Cause of all things, or any Instrument in the Father's hand, but as a Principle Efficient Cause of all things: Without controversy,