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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Sermon 40: Further setteth forth the Excellency and Necessity of pressing the Doctrine of Faith in…
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3. Would you be affected with this Truth? then pray earnestly for the Spirit of Adoption, and an Evangelical Frame of heart: An heart not under the Law in a well-explained sense, but under Grace; Pray that ye may be led by the Spirit of God, and so be as Sons; For by this means Christ will be all in all: It's our hard, unbelieving, and distrustful thoughts of God that makes us keep at such a distance from Christ, and so neglect him who is the Peace-maker and Reconciler: Whereas an Evangelical disposition would make us draw nigh to God as a Father in Christ; It would remove the great Gulf that is in the way: It takes away the partition Wall; So that the longer we are kept in discouraging Fears, the less Fellowship have we with the Father and the Son, and so the less esteem and respect of him who is to create and work all this.
3. Would you be affected with this Truth? then pray earnestly for the Spirit of Adoption, and an Evangelicall Frame of heart: An heart not under the Law in a well-explained sence, but under Grace; Pray that ye may be led by the Spirit of God, and so be as Sonnes; For by this means Christ will be all in all: It's our hard, unbeleeving, and distrustfull thoughts of God that makes us keep at such a distance from Christ, and so neglect him who is the Peace-maker and Reconciler: Whereas an Evangelical disposition would make us draw nigh to God as a Father in Christ; It would remove the great Gulf that is in the way: It takes away the partition Wall; So that the longer we are kept in discouraging Fears, the lesse Fellowship have we with the Father and the Sonne, and so the lesse esteem and respect of him who is to create and work all this.
4. Would you Rejoice in this Truth? Then Acquaint your selves with the Imperfection of your graces, and the insufficiency that is in you even when you have done the best; For by this means you will find that every thing within faileth you, Nothing will stand sure enough, and thereby you will be necessitated to seek for a Mediator without: Thus Paul Rom. 7. when he discovered all that dross within himself, That when he would do good evil was present with him, Yet what doth this drive him to at last; I thank God through Jesus Christ; And David upon the apprehension of what defects did cleave to him, prayeth That God would not enter into Judgement, for then no flesh should be justified,