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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 13: XIII. Sermon at Lawrence Jury London. April 20. 1651.
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1. When we ascribe all the glory of grace unto God; as he said right,1 Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. Thy pound, and not my pains; We should do all to the praise of the glory of Gods grace. If we give God the glory of his grace, he will give us the comfort of our grace, and the increase of it.
2. When for the edification and building up of others in their most holy faith: to do good to others is the best way to get more good our selves: The more the Well is drawn, the more water comes, and the better the water is; so the more thy grace is exercised, the more grace thou wilt have, and the sweeter will the comfort be of thy grace.
5. To weak Christians. Do not deny the ⟨p. 160⟩truth of grace in your souls, because you cannot find the strength of grace in your souls. A poor weak man in a Consumption cannot lift up such a weight, nor can he bear such a burden as a man in strength and health can do, yet he hath life as well as the strongest man in the world. It may be day when it is not noon, thou mayst in respect of spiritual estate, have the strength of a child, though not the strength of a man. It is not only an act of untbank fullness to God; but also of uncharitableness to a mans own soul, to conclude a nullity of grace from the weakness of it.
5. To weak Chaistians. Do not deny the ⟨p. 160⟩