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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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2. Another may be to check pride. There is no greater temptation in the world to pride, then eminency in grace. Pride it is that worst fruit, which grows upon the best stock. 'Tis not so much the ornaments of the body, as the endowments of the mind which stirs up pride;1 and this was Pauls case, after his abundance of Revelations, there was a thorn in his flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be lifted up. God will suffer those which have strong grace to be strongly tempted, to check the pride of their hearts.
2. Another may be to check pride. There is no greater temptation in the world to pride, then eminency in grace. Pride it is that worst fruit, which growes upon the best stock. 'Tis not so much the ornaments of the body, as the endowments of the mind which stirs up pride;1 and this was Pauls case, after his abundance of Revelations, there was a thorn in his flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be lifted up. God wil suffer those which have strong grace to be strongly tempted, to check the pride of their hearts.
3. The godly are more able to grapple with strong temptations then weaker Christians are, and so God suits the service and sufferings of his people, to the proportion of the strength of grace.
3. Another reason may be taken from the devil,1