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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 11: XI. Sermon at Lawrence Jury London. April 13. 1651.
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3. David, a man after Gods heart, whose gracious breathings though the whole book of Psalms, show that he was a man of an excellent spirit, and had much grace. Yet David ⟨p. 130⟩wanted the comfort of his grace, when his soul was cast down, and his spirit was disquieted within him. And so
3. David, a man after Gods heart, whose gracious breathings though the whole book of Psalms, shew that he was a man of an excellent spirit, and had much grace. Yet David ⟨p. 130⟩wanted the comfort of his grace, when his soul was cast down, and his spirit was disquieted within him. And so
4. Heman, a man who for wisdom so eminent, that the Holy Ghost useth him as an instance of wisdom,1 As wise as Heman, and yet in the 88. Psalm, quite through that Psalm,2 was a strain of as sad a complaint as you shall meet withal in the whole book of God. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deep, thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. So little comfort had these holy men though they were eminent in grace. It is true of many dear children of God, what was said of the Apostles and disciples of Christ; Whither I go (saith Christ) ye know, and the way ye know: 3To which speech of Christ, Thomas answers in the next verse, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way? Augustine doth thus reconcile this, They did know whither Christ went, but they durst not once believe that they had such knowledge, they did not know their own knowledge: The expressions of Christ were different from those words of Thomas, the Lord Jesus spake as it was; and Thomas spake as he thought. The Apostles had grace, and yet wanted the comfort and assurance of it. I will not instance here of the Lord Jesus, who though he was full of grace and truth, yet he wanted comfort when he was in that bitter agony, and cried out, My God, my God,