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Book Description<\/h2>\n

All Loves Excelling<\/i> is Bunyan’s sermon on Ephesians 3:18-19, ‘That ye … may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is<\/i> the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.’ It was first titled ‘The Saints’ Knowledge of Christ’s Love’ and is worthy of being ranked alongside Sibbes and deals with a much neglected subject area.<\/p>\n

FROM THE FOREWORD: This is a new edition of John Bunyan’s treatise on Ephesians 3:17b-19 which he himself prepared for the press. It is taken from the second volume of Bunyan’s works (George Offor edition) which was re-published by Banner of Truth in 1991. The text remains largely unaltered but slight adjustments have been made in order to accommodate the arrangement of the material into chapters. Even these divisions, however, correspond to Bunyan’s own layout of his material. A detailed breakdown of the structure of Bunyan’s meditation on the greatness of the love of Christ is found at the end of this book by way of an appendix.<\/p>\n

The subject matter of this work which was first preached, is greatly needed today. On the one hand, experiences of the Spirit are being claimed from which the glory of the redeemer and the wonder of his love are quite absent, while on the other, an almost total attention to the understanding and practising of scripture truth is having the effect of marginalising the experiential element in true, spiritual knowledge.<\/p>\n

Bunyan’s description of Christ’s love to believers and how they ought to know it, cuts in both the above-mentioned directions. From some 440 Bible references he shows how knowing Christ’s love is the message of Scripture and also the essence of heaven, partly possessed and expressed on earth. Those who know it are rich beyond measure and they are the people who ‘sweeten the churches and bring glory to God and to religion’.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nPublishers’ Foreword<\/td>\nix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPart One<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDESCRIBING THE INEXPRESSIBLE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEphesians 3:18, 19 in context<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe verses – the terms of measurement contained in them – the reason for their use – the fulness implied in them.<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Breadth of Christ’s Love<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Length of Christ’s Love<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Depth of Christ’s Love<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<9999\/td><\/td>\nThe Height of Christ’s Love<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPart Two<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDESIRING THE INCOMPARABLE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPraying for an Ability<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNeeded because of the weakness of grace and human infirmity – also the mysterious nature of God’s dealings<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPraying for an Understanding<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA mark of a gospel minister – an indication of the blessings available for the saints<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPraying for a Knowledge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf Christ’s own love and its unsearchable greatness<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPart Three<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOBTAINING THE UNSURPASSABLE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnowing the Nature of Christ’s Love<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt is free – divine – heavenly \u2013 everlasting<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnowing the Degrees of Christ’s Love<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe became incarnate – stooped lower than the rank of angels – persevering with sinners<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnowing the Mystery of Christ’s Love<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt is best known as something that is beyond being fully known<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPart Four<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUSES AND COUNSELS<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSee the greatness of God’s good will to believers<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIts message to believers and ways to comply<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIts message to unbelievers<\/td>\n124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAppendix-The Analysis of the Treatise<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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