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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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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.
1. A light in the soul to see the evil and the mischievous nature of sin, though not an ability to mortify sin. The entrance of Gods Word giveth light, and giveth understanding to the simple, 1that is, the first work of the Word upon the soul, the very beginning of converting; grace in the heart is light, whereby thou seest sin and its sinfulness. And it was in the first creation, the first thing that was created was light: so in the second creation, the first work is to open the eyes of the blind, and to turn them from darkness to light, 2and from the power of Satan unto God. Upon the work of conversion in the soul, the first degree of grace is to be enlightened with the light of the living So that where this light is wanting;3 there cannot be a work of grace.
1. A light in the soul to see the evill and the mischievous nature of sin, though not an ability to mortifie sin. The entrance of Gods Word giveth light, and giveth understanding to the simple, 1that is, the first work of the Word upon the soul, the very beginning of converting; grace in the heart is light, whereby thou seest sin and its sinfulnesse. And it was in the first creation, the first thing that was created was light: so in the second creation, the first work is to open the eyes of the blind, and to turn them from darknesse to light, 2