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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
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3. God doth hereby glorify his wisdom, As Gods wisdom is demonstrated in the world, by the variety of creatures, which are not all of the same bulk and bigness, but some bigger and some lesser: so in the Church of God, his wisdom appears, that some Christians are of greater, and some of a lesser measure of grace. Search the whole Creation and you shall find the wisdom of God in the variety of Creatures. In the heavens ⟨p. 31⟩there are the greater and lesser lights, and so stars of different magnitude, do beautify and bespangle the heavens: so in the sea there are greater and lesser fishes: in the air the great Eagle and little Sparrow: on the earth the Elephant and little Dog: amongst the creeping things there's the great Serpent and the little Pismire: amongst the vegetables, the tall Cedar and the Hyssop on the wall: And also amongst the rational Creatures, there is a Giant and a Dwarf: a grown man of a tall stature, and a child but of a span long. So is Gods wisdom greatly illustrated, that as there is variety of natural proportions in the world; so there are various proportions of grace in his Church amongst his children.
3. God doth hereby glorifie his wisdome, As Gods wisdome is demonstrated in the world, by the variety of creatures, which are not all of the same bulk and bignesse, but some bigger and some lesser: so in the Church of God, his wisdom appears, that some Christians are of greater, and some of a lesser measure of grace. Search the whole Creation and you shall find the wisdome of God in the variety of Creatures. In the heavens ⟨p. 31⟩there are the greater and lesser lights, and so starres of different magnitude, doe beautifie and bespangle the heavens: so in the sea there are greater and lesser fishes: in the air the great Eagle and little Sparrow: on the earth the Elephant and little Dog: amongst the creeping things there's the great Serpent and the little Pismire: amongst the vegetables, the tall Cedar and the Hysop on the wall: And also amongst the rationall Creatures, there is a Gyant and a Dwarfe: a grown man of a tall stature, and a childe but of a span long. So is Gods wisdome greatly illustrated, that as there is variety of natural proportions in the world; so there are various proportions of grace in his Church amongst his children.