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The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor…
The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor sinners. Wherein is set out, the gracious behaviour of Christ, standing at the door and knocking for entrance. The dutiful behaviour of sinners in hearing Christs voice and opening to him. And the comfortable event upon them both. / By Obadiah Sedgwick. B.D. and late minister of the Gospel in Covent-Garden.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Adoniram Byfield, 1657
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Christ hath communion with them all, ye are all one in Christ Jesus, Gal. 3. 28. and all of them have communion with Christ: The Head hath a conjunction with, & an influence into the little Toe as well as into the strong Arm: and the root (in the virtue of it) extends to the weakest branch as well as to the strongest Limb of the tree.
Christ hath communion with them all, ye are all one in Christ Jesus, Gal. 3. 28. and all of them have communion with Christ: The Head hath a conjunction with, & an influence into the little Toe as well as into the strong Arme: and the root (in the vertue of it) extends to the weakest branch as well as to the strongest Limb of the tree.
2. The extent of Christs communion with believers is radically and substantially equal for quantity; I confess in respect of degrees (for some part of this communion) ⟨p. 213⟩and in respect of some acts, and in respect of some feeling or sense, the communion is unequal and different; for some have a greater measure of holiness, of strength, of joy, of evidence then others have; but yet the radical and substantial part of this communion is equal and alike: A full Reconciliation, Redemption, Sanctification, Remission: Christ is alike Redeemer to all believers, and their Justification and Adoption are alike; and the seed of Sanctification is alike, and the fruition of God in glory (essentially considered) is alike: Though one star exceeds another in magnitude, yet both are alike seated in the heavenly Orb, and though one member be larger in the body then another, yet every one hath an equal conjunction with the head. Christ doth not clasp believers with a different spirit, nor do they clasp Christ with a ⟨p. 214⟩different faith; his relation to them is one for the nature of it, and their love to him is all one for the truth of it.