A49244:118
Grace: the truth and growth and different degrees thereof. The sum and substance of…Grace: the truth and growth and different degrees thereof. The summe and substance of…
Grace: the truth and growth and different degrees thereof. The sum and substance of XV. sermons. Preached by that faithful and painful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Christopher Love, late minister of Lawrence Jury, London. They being his last sermons. To which is added a funeral sermon, being the very last sermon he ever preached.Grace: the truth and growth and different degrees thereof. The summe and substance of XV. sermons. Preached by that faithful and painful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Christopher Love, late minister of Lawrence Jury, London. They being his last sermons. To which is added a funerall sermon, being the very last sermon he ever preached.
London: printed by E.G. for J. Rothwell, 1652
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. To be easily seduced and led away into error, argues but weakness in grace.1 Those the Apostle calls Children who are tossed to and fro, 2and carried about with every wind of doctrine. Weakness of head doth argue that grace is not very strong in thy heart. The way not to fall from our steadfastness, is, to grow in grace; for the Apostle Peter doth join ⟨p. 23⟩those two duties together,3 having given a caution, vers. 17. not to fall from steadfastness, vers. 18. He gives counsel to grow in grace; strong Christians are steadfast, whereas weak ones are inconstant; and therefore those Professors that have been whirled about with divers opinions, it is an evidence they have but weak grace, if any.
6. To be easily seduced and led away into error, argues but weaknesse in grace.1 Those the Apostle calls Children who are tossed to and fro, 2and carried about with every winde of doctrine. Weaknesse of head doth argue that grace is not very strong in thy heart. The way not to fall from our stedfastnesse, is, to grow in grace; for the Apostle Peter doth joyn ⟨p. 23⟩those two duties together,3 having given a caution, vers. 17. not to fall from steadfastnesse, vers. 18. He gives counsel to grow in grace; strong Christians are stedfast, whereas weak ones are inconstant; and therefore those Professors that have been whirl'd about with divers opinions, it is an evidence they have but weak grace, if any.
- 1Answ. 6.
- 2