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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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4. Another type of Christ was the Candlestick of the tabernacle, the seven lamps whereof did give light unto the whole tabernacle. Now these seven lamps, 1what did they type out but the graces of the Spirit of Christ, for so it is said, that there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, 2which are the seven spirits of God. 3The Holy Ghost and the graces of it, being so described by seven spirits in this regard, because of the variety and protection of that grace which is in the Lord Jesus, and by his Spirit communicated to all his members.
- 1Exo. 25. 37
- 2Rev. 4. 5.
- 3Zech. 42.
3. The third proof of this doctrine may be drawn from the consideration of those clear testimonies of this truth in the New Testament. St. John speaks thus of Christ that of his fullness we have received, and grace for grace. 1In Christ there is not only plenty, but bounty; not only an abundance of all grace, but a redundance of grace. Christians have the fullness of a vessel, but Christ hath ⟨p. 178⟩the fullness of a fountain. 2Take a drop of water out of a vessel, and it is not so full as before, but draw as much water as you please out of the Well of the water of life, and there is no want of water. From Christ we receive grace for grace, that is, say some, the grace of the New Testament, added to that grace which was revealed under the Old Testament.