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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 8: VIII. Sermon at Lawrence Jury London. April 6. 1651.
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Before I resolve this Case, I shall premise these general positions.
1. It is certain,1 where there is truth of grace, there may be strong temptations from the devil. The devil is like a thief, which robs not out-houses, where there is nothing but dung and straw; but the Cabinets that are in the Closet: so this great thief of the world, he is not so eager to rob and spoil the out-houses, wicked and ungodly men; but those who have the riches of grace in the cabinets of their hearts, these he labours to rob and spoil: or as a Pirate, who sets not upon an empty vessel, but upon a ship laden with rich merchandise; those who are ⟨p. 91⟩fraught with the rich gifts of grace, the devil by his temptations, will labour to make prize of for himself.
1. It is certain,1 where there is truth of grace, there may be strong temptations from the devil. The devil is like a thiefe, which robs not out-houses, where there is nothing but dung and straw; but the Cabinets that are in the Closet: so this great thief of the world, he is not so eager to rob and spoil the out-houses, wicked and ungodly men; but those who have the riches of grace in the cabinets of their hearts, these he labours to rob and spoile: or as a Pirate, who sets not upon an empty vessel, but upon a ship laden with rich merchandize; those who are ⟨p. 91⟩fraught with the rich gifts of grace, the devil by his temptations, will labour to make prize of for himself.
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