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The glory and interest of nations professing the Gospel preached at a private fast,…
The glory and interest of nations professing the Gospel preached at a private fast, to the Commons assembled in Parliament / published by their command, by J. Owen.
London: printed for Philemon Stephens, 1659
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. There is the great spring or fountain promise, from which all others as lesser streams do flow; and that is the promise of Christ himself unto them, and amongst them; ver. 2. He is that branch of Jehovah, and that fruit of the earth, which is there promised. He is the bottom and foundation, the spring and fountain of all the good that is or shall be communicated unto us, all other promises are but rivulets from that unsearchable ocean of Grace and love, that is in the promise of Christ; of which afterwards.
1. There is the great spring or fountain promise, from which all others as lesser streams do flow; and that is the promise of Christ himself unto them, and amongst them; ver. 2. He is that branch of Jehovah, and that fruit of the earth, which is there promised. He is the bottome and foundation, the spring and fountain of all the good that is or shall be communicated unto us, all other promises are but rivulets from that unsearchable ocean of Grace and love, that is in the promise of Christ; of which afterwards.
2. The promises that are derived and flow from hence may be referred unto three heads. I. Of beauty and glory, ver. 2. 2. Of holiness and purity, ver. 3, 4. 3. Of preservation and safety, ver. 5, 6.
My Text lies among the last sort, and not intending long to detain you, I shall pass over the other, and immediately close with that of our present concernment.
My Text lies among the last sort, and not intending long to detain you, I shall passe over the other, and immediately close with that of our present concernment.