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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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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⟩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 Iob 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 kinde of knowledge that is considerate and practical, which works upon the affections. From thence observe,
- 1Doct. 3.
That though all men do know notionally they must dye, 1yet only godly men know it practically and considerately. To know practically of your dying, consider before hand, how shall I do to launch into the eternal gulf? what shall become of me in another world, when I leave this? Is my peace made with God? Is my person justified? Am I in a state of grace? Now Jobs speech hath latitude in it, I know thou wilt bring me to death, that is, I do so know it, that I will provide for it, and I will prepare for it, and I will lay a foundation for eternal life. Solomon speaking of Funeral solemnity,