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Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from several texts of Scripture, opened and applied. 1.…Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from severall texts of Scripture, opened and applyed. 1.…
Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from several texts of Scripture, opened and applied. 1. A heavenly [sic] treatise of the divine love of Christ. 2. The Christians freedom. 3. The deformed form of a formal profession. 4. Christs fullness, and mans emptiness. By John Preston, doctor in divinity, chaplain in ordinary to King James, Mr. of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Lincolns Inn.Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from severall texts of Scripture, opened and applyed. 1. A heavemly [sic] treatise of the devine love of Christ. 2. The Christians freedome. 3. The deformed forme of a formall profession. 4. Christs fulnesse, and mans emptinesse. By John Preston, doctor in divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to King James, Mr. of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed for John Stafford, 1644
Christ's Fullness, and Man's Emptiness, &c.Christ's Fulnesse, and Man's Emptinesse, &c.
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.
Thirdly, this Fullness is attributed unto Christ in regard of righteousness, 1he was full of all righteousness original & actual, active and passive general and particular, whence we have these b• • si•s, following, [1. That he who was so full himself is able to make us full, if we want faith or love, or any other grace. [2. By this we know what a Mediator we have to deal withal even with one fall of love, fall of patience, full of tender compassion which may invite us to come to him. [Lastly, we have this comfort, that ⟨p. 3⟩though our Righteousness be very weak and small, yet in him we are complete, Coloss. 2.
Thirdly, this Fulnesse is attributed unto Christ in regard of righteousnesse, 1hee was full of all righteousnesse originall & actuall, active and passive generall and particular, whence we have these b• • si•s, following, [1. That hee who was so full himselfe is able to make us full, if we want faith or love, or any other grace. [2. By this we know what a Mediator we have to deale withal• even with one fall of love, fall of patience, full of tender compassion which may invite us to come to him. [Lastly, we have this comfort, that ⟨p. 3⟩though our Righteousnesse be very weake and small, yet in him we are compleate, Coloss. 2.
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