"Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price, to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble, it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him."From The Cost of Discipleship
Perkins: We Receive Christ Through Word And Sacrament
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Of our receiving of Christ given by God, two things must be observed. One
is that we must there receive Christ where God offers and gives Him, that
is, in ...
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