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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. You lie under a strong Word, which is able to carry on the work of grace, which is ⟨p. 53⟩begun in you. The Word of God, though it be foolishness to them that perish,1 yet it is the power of God to them that are saved;2 yea it is an Engine, mighty through God, to the pulling down of strong holds,3 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God,4 and bringeth into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; wherefore the Apostle prays, 5Now brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,6 which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance amongst all them that are sanctified; so that cheer up, though faith be weak, yet the word of God is strong; it is that ingrafted Word which is able to save your souls:7 yea, in a word, 8The Word of God is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be made perfect, and throughly furnished unto all good works.
3. You lie under a strong Word, which is able to carry on the work of grace, which is ⟨p. 53⟩begun in you. The Word of God, though it bee foolishnesse to them that perish,1 yet it is the power of God to them that are saved;