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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. You are weak but you stand on a sure foundation. 1. It is a foundation. 2. A sure foundation. 3. It is a foundation of God: And 4. it is the foundation of God that cannot shake, but standeth firm. Now the weak believer stands by the immutable decree of God, which here the Apostle calls the foundation of God.
4. You are weak but you stand on a sure foundation. 1. It is a foundation. 2. A sure foundation. 3. It is a foundation of God: And 4. it is the foundation of God that cannot shake, but standeth firm. Now the weak believer stands by the immutable decree of God, which here the Apostle cals the foundation of God.
5. Weak believers are assisted by a strong spirit.1 The spirit of God is not only a spirit of grace and supplication, but it is also a spirit of power. 2And therefore let weak believers cheer up themselves,3 though they have but ⟨p. 54⟩little grace,4 yet that little grace is upheld and maintained by the great power of God unto salvation.
5. Weak believers are assisted by a strong spirit.1 The spirit of God is not only a spirit of grace and supplication, but it is also a spirit of power. 2And therefore let weak believers chear up themselves,3