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Preaching of Christ opened in a sermon preached at St. Peters Church in the…
Preaching of Christ opened in a sermon preached at St. Peters Church in the city of Norwich at an ordination Septemb. 22, 1661 / by Edward Reynolds ...
London: printed by Tho. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1662
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.
4. With spiritual power and Authority, as Christ did, Matth. 7. 29. to declare unto men their transgression in such a manner as to judge them for it, Mic. 3. 8. Ezek. 20. 4. that their hearts may be pricked, Acts 2. 37. and they made to fall on their face and give glory to God, 1 Cor. 14. 25. to show unto a man his uprightness in such a manner as that he may find God gracious to him, and may see his face with joy, Job 33. 23.—26. so to preach the word as to bind and loose, to remit and retain, to heal and settle the consciences of our hearers, that they may find the Gospel come unto them, not in word only, but in power, 1 Thes. 1. 5.
4. With spiritual power and Authority, as Christ did, Matth. 7. 29. to declare unto men their transgression in such a manner as to judge them for it, Mic. 3. 8. Ezek. 20. 4. that their hearts may be pricked, Acts 2. 37. and they made to fall on their face and give glory to God, 1 Cor. 14. 25. to shew unto a man his uprightnesse in such a manner as that he may find God gracious to him, and may see his face with joy, Job 33. 23.—26. so to preach the word as to binde and loose, to remit and retain, to heal and settle the consciences of our hearers, that they may finde the Gospel come unto them, not in word only, but in power,