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Name: Grace: the truth and growth and different degrees thereof. The sum and substance of…
Author: Christopher Love

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.

Christopher Love 1618–1651London: printed by E.G. for J. Rothwell, 1652

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Sermon 4: At Lawrence Jury, London. March 16. 1650/1.

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First: this is of great use to Christians, who are but of a lower form in Religion, and have but little grace; yet they may know that little they have: and though they have not attained strength of grace; yet they may know the truth of grace in themselves: and although they come short of strong believers, yet they shall hereby know they go beyond the hypocrite: for the least measure of grace, is better then the greatest measure of gifts.

:162p. 39

Secondly, the knowledge of this will quicken the soul unto due endeavours after a further increase. This will teach them to abound more and more.¹

Secondly, the knowledge of this will quicken the soule unto due indevours after a further increase. This will teach them to abound more and more.¹

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Now that we may discover what is the lowest degree of true grace, we shall show you it in some of these following particulars.

Now that we may discover what is the lowest degree of true grace, we shall shew you it in some of these following particulars.

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