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The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by S. Bridge, 1698
THE DISPLAY OF Glorious Grace OR THE Covenant of Peace Opened: In S… › Sermon 3 › APPLICATION.
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3. His Work as King is to govern his Church, and every Member thereof; moreover, his Laws in the New Testament do contain, all those Rules for the Constitution of a Gospel-Church, and also all the Rules of the Government and Discipline thereof.
4. Christ's Work and Office as King is to subdue all the Elect unto himself; I mean, to work Grace in them, and to change their Hearts, and vanquish the Power of Sin, and Satan, for this is, and must be done by that Almighty Power which he exerts by his Spirit in their Souls, and so takes possession of them as King and Supreme ⟨p. 71⟩Ruler, whom as a Priest he purchased by his Blood; and all this as he is Mediator of this Covenant of Peace,1 That Christ may dwell in our Hearts by Faith, or sway the Sceptre there.
4. Christ's Work and Office as King is to subdue all the Elect unto himself; I mean, to work Grace in them, and to change their Hearts, and vanquish the Power of Sin, and Satan, for this is, and must be done by that Almighty Power which he exerts by his Spirit in their Souls, and so takes possession of them as King and Supream ⟨p. 71⟩Ruler, whom as a Priest he purchased by his Blood; and all this as he is Mediator of this Covenant of Peace,1 That Christ may dwell in our Hearts by Faith, or sway the Scepter there.