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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 7: VII. Sermon at Lawrence Jury London. March 30. 1651.
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2. Strong and grown Christians are able1 ⟨p. 82⟩experimentally to comfort others with the same comfort, 2wherewith they themselves are comforted of God; and when they are converted they are able to strengthen their brethren, 3as Christ speak• to Peter. By Conversion in that place, is not meant the first work of grace wrought in the soul; for that was wrought in Peter before his fall, but the meaning is, Peter, when thou art strengthened and recovered from thy fall, when thou hast recovered strength again, then see that thou be careful to strengthen others, who perhaps may fall into the same weakness with thy self.—If any man be overtaken with a fault, 4(saith Paul to the Galatians) you that are spiritual restore such a man in the spirit of meekness. You that are spiritual, i.e. you that are grown and experienced Christians, see that you do endeavour to recover such a fallen brother. Paul prays for the Philippians, that their love may abound yet more and more in all knowledge and judgment; 5that is, that they might have knowledge with judgment and experience, so as they might use their judicious knowledge in love for the edification of others, that were but weak in grace: and in the Epistle to the Romans, the same Apostle lays down this Character of a strong Christian,6—I am persuaded of you my Brethren, that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another: from whence we may gather the Character mentioned, that the more perfect any Christian is in knowledge, or any other ⟨p. 83⟩grace, the more able he is to admonish others for their edification.