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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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2ly, Sinful and Culpable Infirmities. It was the first of these Christ did take; he had a Nature that could Hunger and Thir•• […] be Weary, and suffer Pain and Misery both […] and Body, as we are liable to;1 We have […]-Priest which cannot be touched with ••e feeling of ••r Infirmities, but was in all points Tempted like as we are, yet without Sin. This shows he was really Man, or had a true Humane (tho not a Sinful) Nature: It behoved him to be made like unto •is Brethren, that he might be a merciful, 2and faithful High-Priest in ⟨p. 15⟩things pertaining to God, to make Reconciliation for the Sins of the People: For in that he himself hath suffered being Tempted, he is able to succour them that are Tempted.
2ly, Sinful and Culpable Infirmities. It was the first of these Christ did take; he had a Nature that could Hunger and Thir•• 〈…〉 be Weary, and suffer Pain and Misery both 〈…〉 and Body, as we are liable to;1 We have 〈…〉-Priest which cannot be touched with ••e feeling of ••r Infirmities, but was in all points Tempted like as we are, yet without Sin. This shews he was really Man, or had a true Humane (tho not a Sinful) Nature: It behoved him to be made like unto •is Brethren, that he might be a merciful, 2and faithful High-Priest in ⟨p. 15⟩