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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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4. The weakest Christian hath grace alike for quality, though not for quantity, though thy grace be not so much; yet it is as true as others: though but a convert of yesterday: yet grace as true as of an old Stander in Religion.—Faith is alike precious in all believers;1 for quality, though not for quantity. —Faith in all believers is alike,
1. In respect of the Author, God.
2. The Object, it holds upon the same Christ.
3. The Means of working it are the same, viz. the Word and Spirit. A little grace is true grace. Fire in the spark is as well fire as the flame: the filings of gold are gold, as well as the whole ⟨p. 38⟩