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The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer
The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believer by Thomas Watson.The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
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. A preciousness in Christ, he is §1the chief of ten thousand, the pearl of price. Christ was never poor but when he had on our rags: there is nothing in Christ but what is precious; he is precious in his Name, in his Nature, in his Influences; he is called a precious stone*; he must needs be a precious stone, who hath made us living stones.
1. A preciousnesse in Christ, he is §1the chief of ten thousand, the pearl of price. Christ was never poor but when he had on our rags: there is nothing in Christ but what is precious; he is precious in his Name, in his Nature, in his Influences; he is called a precious stone*; he must needs be a precious stone, who hath made us living stones.
2. A fullness in Christ; the fullness §2of the Godhead, Col. 2.9. all fullness, ⟨p. 232⟩Col. 1.19. a fullness of merit; his blood able to satisfy his Fathers wrath: a fullness of Spirit; his grace able to supply our wants; by the one he doth absolve us, by the other he doth adorn us.
2. A fulnesse in Christ; the fulness §2