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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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2. The reason and ground of this, why Jesus Christ is the Author, Purchaser and conveyer of grace to his People, is,
1. Because God the Father hath appointed Jesus Christ, as Mediator, to transact the great work of sanctifying and saving his Elect.
1. Because God the Father hath appointed Jesus Christ, as Mediatour, to transact the great work of sanctifying and saving his Elect.
2. Because by this shall the reproach be rolled away from Christ, who in his life time was reputed the greatest of all Male-factors, and accordingly suffered death. They were wont to say, can any good come […] of Nazareth? God hath therefore given ⟨p. 183⟩him a name above all names, that he should not only be anointed with oil above his fellows, by his receiving the Spirit without measure, but that the oil that was poured upon the head of our High-Priest should run down upon the skirts of his garments; and that grace which was abundant in him, should also be redundant to his Church, and run down, and diffuse it self to all his members.
2. Because by this shall the reproach be rowled away from Christ, who in his life time was reputed the greatest of all Male-factors, and accordingly suffered death. They were wont to say, can any good come 〈…〉 of Nazareth? God hath therefore given ⟨p. 183⟩him a name above all names, that he should not only be anointed with oyl above his fellows, by his receiving the Spirit without measure, but that the oyl that was poured upon the head of our High-Priest should run down upon the skirts of his garments; and that grace which was abundant in him, should also be redundant to his Church, and run down, and diffuse it self to all his members.