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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. Call to mind former experiences that thy soul hath had of God.1 Thus did David, when by reason of the discomfort of this soul, he cried out, Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted in me? Oh my God, my soul is cast down within me, therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan,2 and of the Hermonites, that is, I will remember thee, and what thou didst at Jordan, when thou didst dry up the river, and thy people passed on dry land into Canaan. And I will remember the land of the Hermonites, ⟨p. 139⟩that is, what thou didst unto Og King of Bashan, and to Sihon King of the Amorites, for Hermon was part of the Country of those Kings.3 So the Psalmist was under great discomfort, when he cried, Will the Lord cast me off for ever? Is his mercy clean gone from me, &c. But he recovers himself out of that sad case by remembering former experiences, for so he adds,4 vers. 12. I will remember the works of the Lord; surely I will remember thy wonders of old, I will meditate of all thy works, and talk of thy doings. Past experience should be present encouragements.
3. Call to minde former experiences that thy soul hath had of God.1 Thus did David, when by reason of the discomfort of this soul, he cried out, Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted in me? Oh my God, my soul is cast down within me, therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan,2 and of the Hermonites, that is, I will remember thee, and what thou didst at Jordan, when thou didst dry up the river, and thy people passed on dry land into Canaan. And I will remember the land of the Hermonites, ⟨p. 139⟩that is, what thou didst unto Og King of Bashan, and to Sihon King of the Amortes, for Hermon was part of the Countrey of those Kings.