The law and equity of the gospel, or, The goodness of our Lord as a legislator delivered first from the pulpit in two plain sermons, and now repeated from the press with others tending to the same end ... by Thomas Pierce ...

Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691
Publisher: Printed by S Roycroft for Robert Clavell
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1686
Approximate Era: JamesII
TCP ID: A54843 ESTC ID: R38205 STC ID: P2185
Subject Headings: Christian life; Providence and government of God;
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In-Text And that which saves a man for ever, being of much an higher value, than that which saves him but for a Time, 'Tis plain that Nature, being Rational, does most incline towards the former: And all the Commandments of our Lord having a Tendency unto That, are by consequence agreeable to human Nature. Especially when our Nature is also rectified by Grace, which does not fail to work with any, who do not fail to work with It; And however insufficient to make us Sinless, is yet abundantly sufficient to make us single and sincere. Less than which in our Service our Master's Iustice cannot exact, And that which saves a man for ever, being of much an higher valve, than that which saves him but for a Time, It's plain that Nature, being Rational, does most incline towards the former: And all the commandments of our Lord having a Tendency unto That, Are by consequence agreeable to human Nature. Especially when our Nature is also rectified by Grace, which does not fail to work with any, who do not fail to work with It; And however insufficient to make us Sinless, is yet abundantly sufficient to make us single and sincere. Less than which in our Service our Masters justice cannot exact, cc cst r-crq vvz dt n1 p-acp av, vbg pp-f d dt jc n1, cs d r-crq vvz pno31 p-acp p-acp dt n1, pn31|vbz j cst n1, vbg j, vdz ds vvi p-acp dt j: cc d dt n2 pp-f po12 n1 vhg dt n1 p-acp cst, vbr p-acp n1 j p-acp j n1. av-j q-crq po12 n1 vbz av vvn p-acp n1, r-crq vdz xx vvi pc-acp vvi p-acp d, r-crq vdb xx vvi pc-acp vvi p-acp pn31; cc c-acp j pc-acp vvi pno12 j, vbz av av-j j pc-acp vvi pno12 j cc j. av-dc cs r-crq p-acp po12 n1 po12 ng1 ng1 vmbx vvi,




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