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The pastors farewell, and wish of welfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermonThe pastors farevvell, and vvish of vvelfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon
The pastors farewell, and wish of welfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon by George Swinnock ...The pastors farevvell, and vvish of vvelfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
2. To be the rule of your conversations. Your whole race must be regular, and there is no such rule to walk or work by, as the word of his grace. As many as walk according to this rule, Gal. 6.16. that is according to the Gospel. It containeth not only promises for your consolation, but also precepts for your conversations, therefore its called a royal Law, Jam. 2.8. A Law, because it is to be the canon of our lives, the Law delivered on Mount Sinai, is by Christ adopted into the Family of the Gospel. A royal Law, because given us by God, the King, of the World, who hath Sovereignty and Dominion over all, and therefore power to command what he pleaseth. The word of his grace is a royal Law, because the Kings highway, out of which road none may wander under the penalty of Rebellion. Indeed the Gospel is a Law of liberty, but not a Law of licentiousness, Jam. 1.25. It freeth us from the curse, but not from the commands of the law. A true Christian is not [Greek or Hebrew] without law, but [Greek or Hebrew], under the law to Christ, 1 Cor. 9.21. Look therefore to this Royal law, ⟨p. 62⟩Expound it, and comment on it in your lives.
2. To be the rule of your conversations. Your whole race must be regular, and there is no such rule to walk or work by, as the word of his grace. As many as walk according to this rule, Gal. 6.16. that is according to the Gospel. It containeth not onely promises for your consolation, but also precepts for your conversations, therefore its called a royal Law, Jam. 2.8. A Law, because it is to be the canon of our lives, the Law delivered on Mount Sinai, is by Christ adopted into the Family of the Gospel. A royal Law, because given us by God, the King, of the World, who hath Soveraignty and Dominion over all, and therefore power to command what he pleaseth. The word of his grace is a royal Law, because the Kings highway, out of which road none may wander under the penalty of Rebellion. Indeed the Gospel is a Law of liberty, but not a Law of licentiousness,