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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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The third particular, is the Piety of J•bs speech, in these words, Thou wilt bring me to death. Now there are three particulars in it which note Jobs Faith and Piety.
The third particular, is the Piety of J•bs speech, in these words, Thou wilt bring me to death. Now there are three particulars in it which note Iobs Faith and Piety.
1. He doth not ascribe dying to fate and fortune, but to the Providence of the most High. From thence observe,
That it is the property of the godly, 1to see Gods band in taking away men by death. It was but ⟨p. 206⟩the dotage of the Heathen that knew not God, to ascribe events to blind fortune, and it was the corruption of the Chaldeans to overlook the Deity in all fatal events; Yet Job he desired to see and submit to death, and to Gods hand in bringing it upon him. Thou wilt bring me to death. Another thing observable is this, I know thou wilt bring me to death. It is not a notional and bare knowledge of the understanding, but such a kind of knowledge that is considerate and practical, which works upon the affections. From thence observe,
That it is the property of the godly, 1to see Gods band in taking away men by death. It was but ⟨p. 206⟩