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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 10: X. Sermon At Lawrence Jury, London. April 13. 1651.
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3. A strong Christian may want strong affections in case it proceed from a natural temper,1 and not from a sinful careless distemper. There are some persons that are naturally of a soft and tender disposition, and these are naturally more affectionate; nay the woman who is the weaker vessel, commonly her heart holds most affection: And so likewise there are some who naturally are more bound up in their affections, and are of a reserved temper, who naturally do not break out into any great expression either of the passion of joy or grief. We read in the Gospel, that they that expressed most affection to Christ at his death, and made the most passionate lamentation for him, were the women, 2who naturally are of a more melting disposition. Some mens dispositions are like ice, they will easily thaw and melt; others like iron, it must be a a hot fire that will […] them down: So it is, some men will be more affectionate upon a small occasion then others upon a greater, and this is from natural disposition. Melanchthon was not so affectionate as Luther, but it is observed that he was more judicious.
3. A strong Christian may want strong affections in case it proceed from a natural temper,1 and not from a sinful carelesse distemper. There are some persons that are naturally of a soft and tender disposition, and these are naturally more affectionate; nay the woman who is the weaker vessel, commonly her heart holds most affection: And so likewise there are some who naturally are more bound up in their affections, and are of a reserved temper, who naturally do not break out into any great expression either of the passion of joy or grief. We read in the Gospel, that they that exprest most affection to Christ at his death, and made the most passionate lamentation for him, were the women, 2who naturally are of a more melting disposition. Some mens dispositions are like ice, they will easily thaw and melt; others like iron, it must be a a hot fire that will 〈…〉 them down: So it is, some men will be more affectionate upon a small occasion then others upon a greater, and this is from naturall disposition. Melancthon was not so affectionate as Luther, but it is observed that he was more judicious.