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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 41: Of Praying both for the Godly and the Wicked, With the Reasons and Motives thereof.
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SERMON XLI. Of Praying both for the Godly and the Wicked, With the Reasons and Motives thereof.
JOH. 17.9. I pray for them, I pray not for the world.
IN this Verse we see the End why Christ so largely commended the Faith and Obedience of his Disciples; It is to show that they were such Subjects for whom his Prayer was proper and peculiar: To have prayed for the Reprobate, and such who did not, nor ever would give themselves up to Obedience had been either to pray that God would alter his eternal purpose, or else the course of his justice, but seeing they were both given to him by the Father; and did really discover the Fruits of this gift in their lives, Therefore they were fit to be recommended in Prayer.
IN this Verse we see the End why Christ so largely commended the Faith and Obedience of his Disciples; It is to shew that they were such Subjects for whom his Praier was proper and peculiar: To have praied for the Reprobate, and such who did not, nor ever would give themselves up to Obedience had been either to pray that God would alter his eternal purpose, or else the course of his justice, but seeing they were both given to him by the Father; and did really discover the Fruits of this gift in their lives, Therefore they were fit to be recommended in Praier.