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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 32
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2 COR. 1. 3. Blessed be God,—the Father of mercies?
The next considerable motive in God, who is thus to be blessed, is from his relative Attribute to us, The Father of mercies; if every mercy be a stream issuing from him the fountain; if every favour be a ray, which hath its emanation from that Sun; then no wonder if always, and in all things we are to bless and praise him. Its Bernards observation, he doth not say, Pater ultionum, &c. the Father of revenge and of judgments, which yet he is to all wicked men, but of mercies, that is to such as fear him. So that the Apostle doth here represent God, in the most sweet and lovely relation that may be to the truly godly; They must not think fury and vengeance is in him towards them, though sinners, but that through Christ all enmity is taken away, and they may with boldness come to him as to a Father; even as the child doth securely rest in his Fathers bosom.
THe next considerable motive in God, who is thus to be blessed, is from his relative Attribute to us, The Father of mercies; if every mercy be a stream issuing from him the fountain; if every favour be a ray, which hath its emanation from that Sun; then no wonder if always, and in all things we are to bless and praise him. Its Bernards observation, he doth not say, Pater ultionum, &c. the Father of revenge and of judgments, which yet he is to all wicked men, but of mercies, that is to such as fear him. So that the Apostle doth here represent God, in the most sweet and lovely relation that may be to the truly godly; They must not think fury and vengeance is in him towards them, though sinners, but that through Christ all enmity is taken away, and they may with boldness come to him as to a Father; even as the child doth securely rest in his Fathers bosome.
The words have no difficulty, they are a fountain opened, no stone is to be removed, that the wearied soul may drink thereof. Observe,