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An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…
An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the second epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians by Anthony Burgess ...An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the second epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians by Anthony Burgesse ...
London: printed by A.M. for Abel Roper, 1661
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON THE First Chapter of… › Sermon 25
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By it therefore is meant, the fruit of Gods grace and favour, viz. a quiet, serene, and calm, joyful frame of soul arising from the sense of Gods peace through Christ, whereby we walk comfortably, boldly, and not daunted under sin, afflictions, or death it self. A most blessed and choice mercy it is, putting a believer into an Heaven, while he is on this earth, his heart keeping (as it were) a perpetual Sabbath and rest within. So that whensoever the godly find diffidence, fears, disquietness, perplexities, troubles and dejections of soul; all this ariseth because this peace doth not prevail, and keep all under in our hearts. This [Greek or Hebrew], this Peace and tranquillity of spirit, some philosophers, especially the Stoics, did greatly aim at, and accounted it the chiefest good; but being ignorant of Christ and faith in him, they took the shadow of it for the substance. Observe,
By it therefore is meant, the fruit of Gods grace and favour, viz. a quiet, serene, and calm, joyfull frame of soul arising from the sense of Gods peace through Christ, whereby we walk comfortably, boldly, and not daunted under sinne, afflictions, or death it self. A most blessed and choice mercy it is, putting a believer into an Heaven, while he is on this earth, his heart keeping (as it were) a perpetual Sabbath and rest within. So that whensoever the godly find diffidence, fears, disquietness, perplexities, troubles and dejections of soul; all this ariseth because this peace doth not prevail, and keep all under in our hearts. This 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, this Peace and tranquillity of spirit, some philosophers, especially the Stoicks, did greatly aim at, and accounted it the chiefest good; but being ignorant of Christ and faith in him, they took the shadow of it for the substance. Observe,
That peace from God and Christ, is earnestly to be prayed for, as a special and 1choice mercy.
- 1Peace from God and Christ is earnestly to be prayed for, as a very choice mercy.