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Venning's remains, or, Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians, I. babes, II.…
Venning's remains, or, Christ's school consisting of four classes of Christians, I. babes, II. little children, III. young men, IV. fathers : with their several characteristical differences and attainments, also the doctrines proper to be taught to each of them : being the substance of many sermons / preached by Ralph Venning and fitted by him for the press before his death.
London: printed for John Hancock senior and junior, 1675
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Few were come to Paul's pitch to rest only in Christ Jesus, to reckon all Ceremonies, Privileges, Tears, Prayers, Humiliations and all that may be called our own righteousness to be loss and dung as to Justification, yea though as touching the Law, blameless; and to be found in him and the righteousness that is of God by Faith in him, 1that they may have no confidence in the flesh (which is but grass) and rejoice in Christ Jesus only. And therefore 'tis observable that the Apostles whether they writ to Jews or Gentiles made it still their business to bring them off from every Law and Covenant, to that of Faith; and there to ground and build them upon the only true foundation and corner-stone Christ Jesus, that he (as he deserves) might in all things have the preeminence, and be all in all, Col. 3.10, 11. Gal. 6.15, 16. Heb. 13.7, 8. 1 Pet. 2.5, 6. 1 Cor. 1.29,—31.
Few were come to Paul's pitch to rest only in Christ Jesus, to reckon all Ceremonies, Priviledges, Tears, Prayers, Humiliations and all that may be called our own righteousness to be loss and dung as to Justification, yea though as touching the Law, blameless; and to be found in him and the righteousness that is of God by Faith in him, 1that they may have no confidence in the flesh (which is but grass) and rejoyce in Christ Jesus only. And therefore 'tis observable that the Apostles whether they writ to Jews or Gentiles made it still their business to bring them off from every Law and Covenant, to that of Faith; and there to ground and build them upon the only true foundation and corner-stone Christ Jesus, that he (as he deserves) might in all things have the preheminence, and be all in all, Col. 3.10, 11.