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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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That the smallest measures of grace cannot merit eternal life and glory,1 because great measures cannot.2 In merit there ought to be a proportion; but between grace and glory there is none; our services are imperfect, our salvation is perfect; our services but momentary, our glory is eternal;3 there is no comparison between our light duties and eternal weight of glory.4 The Church in the Canticles is described according to the several parts of her body: Her voice is sweet, her Countenance comely, and her Doves eyes are beautiful. Behold thou art fair my Love, (saith Christ) thou hast Doves eyes, 5thy Cheeks are comely with rows of Jewels, and thy neck with chains of Gold. Now it is very observable,6 that though Christ commends the Churches Eyes, her Hair, her Teeth, her Lips and Speech, her Temples, her Breasts, her Neck, &c. 7yet he doth not commend her hands, to show that though she be adorned with many graces, as with so many beautiful ornaments and comely lineaments, yet she merits nothing at the hands of Christ by all her doings. The Churches beauty is perfect through the comeliness of Christ.8
That the smallest measures of grace cannot merit eternal life and glory,1 because great measures cannot.2 In merit there ought to be a proportion; but between grace and glory there is none; our services are imperfect, our salvation is perfect; our services but momentary, our glory is eternal;