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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 14: XIII. Sermon at Lawrence Jury London. April 20. 1651.
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Again, when it is said that grace is in Christ Jesus, we must consider Christ
1. As God co-essential with the Father, and he is the Author and giver of grace, and of every good and perfect gift.
2. Consider him as Mediator God-man, and so he is the purchaser and procurer of grace, and of all the blessings of the New Covenant, for the blessing of Abraham cometh upon the Gentiles, 1[Greek or Hebrew], through Christ Jesus. So that by this phrase, In Christ Jesus, there are three things implied.
2. Consider him as Mediatour God-man, and so he is the purchaser and procurer of grace, and of all the blessings of the New Convenant, for the blessing of Abraham commeth upon the Gentiles, 1〈non-Latin alphabet〉, through Christ Jesus. So that by this phrase, In Christ Jesus, there are three things implied.
- 1Gal. 3. 14. [Greek or Hebrew], through Christ. Heb. 12.Gal. 3. 14. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, through Christ. Heb. 12.