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Certain sermons, first preached, and after published at several times, by M. Thomas Gataker…Certaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker…
Certain sermons, first preached, and after published at several times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the several texts and titles whereof are set down in the leaf followingCertaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the severall texts and titles whereof are set downe in the leafe following
London: printed by John Haviland and Anne Griffin, 1637London: printed by Iohn Haviland and Anne Griffin, 1637
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Reason 2 2. Because it is that Righteousness that doth properly, peculiarly, and immediately make us actually Kings, and putteth us in the actual ⟨p. 39⟩*possession of this Kingdom: the former meriteth it, this entereth us into it: the former purchaseth it for us; this prepareth and fitteth us for it.s Our justification acquiteth us of the guilt of sin: tOur sanctification freeth us from the power of sin, uenabling us to quell it, to subdue it, to prevail against it, that ruled, conquered, and kept us under before: and so causeth usx to reign here as spiritual Kings over it: yeay it cleanseth us also of the soil and filth of sin, and so by eating our corruption out of us by degrees, it prepareth and fitteth us for that Kingdom to come,z which flesh and blood cannot enter, nor corruption inherit. But whether of the two be here meant, is not greatly material; since that* they never are severed the one from the other: And where the one therefore is expressed, there the other ever is implied.
Reason 2 2. Because it is that Righteousnesse that doth properly, peculiarly, and immediatly make us actually Kings, and putteth us in the actuall ⟨p. 39⟩*possession of this Kingdome: the former meriteth it, this entreth us into it: the former purchaseth it for us; this prepareth and fitteth us for it.