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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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Sermon 6: VI. Sermon At Lawrence Ju•y, London. March 30. 1651.
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1. From the necessity of it, there are these reasons:
1. If you consider the strong temptations1 ⟨p. 74⟩you are like to meet withal from the devil. We are therefore commanded to be strong in the Lord; 2to put on the whole Armour of God, that we might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against Principalities and Powers, and against the Rulers of the darkness of this world. Now shall the devil be strong and armed, and shall we be content to be unarmed and weak Christians? it is worth your noting in the Epistle of John, (says he) I write unto you young men, because ye are strong, and the Word of God abideth in you, 3and ye have overcome the wicked one. But when he writes to children, he says, I write to you, because your sins are forgiven for his names sake; intimating that though weak grace be sufficient to evidence to us the pardon of sin, yet it is strong grace which is able to overcome the temptations of the devil. The devil shall not overcome the weakest measure of grace, but the stronger our grace is, the more able we are to rest and overcome that enemy of our salvation.4 The devil is called a roaring lion, whom we must resist steadfast in the faith; 5it is not weak faith which is able to grapple with the devil, therefore ought we to be grown and strong Christians.
1. If you consider the strong temptations1