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Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…
Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition to the doctrine of the Socinians : in several sermons on Col. I, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 verses / by the Reverend Tho. Manton.
London printed : s.n., 1685
REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. › Sermon 5 › USES.REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. › Sermon 5 › VSES.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. You must stand under a correspondent Relation to Christ; be members of his mystical body, which is done by faith and repentance.
2. None can be a true Members of Christ body who doth not receive vital Influence from him; Rom. 8.9. It is not enough to be members of some visible church, they that are united to him, have life; there is an influence of common Gifts according to the part we sustain in the body. A common Christian hath common Graces, those gifts of the spirit which God gives not to the Heathen World; as knowledge of the Mysteries of Godliness, ability of utterance about heavenly things, Heb. 6.4.
3. If Christ be our head, we must make conscience of the Duties which this Relation bindeth us unto: As obedience, and self-denial.