CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Name: CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
Author: Anthony Burgess

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 ...

Anthony Burgess d. 1664London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656

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Sermon 42: The Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Mediatory Prayer; Set forth in many Aggravations…

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3. This prayer of Christ for us is constant, perpetual, without ceasing; There is not a moment wherein we may say Christ doth not present thy cause to God, Thus it's said in the present Tense, We have an Advocate, and Heb. 7.25. He everliveth to make Intercession for us; Thus as he that keepeth Israel neither slumbereth nor sleepeth, so neither doth he that prayeth for his Church either slumber or sleep, when Paul said He made mention of such always in his Prayers, that is to be understood always when he prayed not that he prayed always, so when we are commanded to pray always, to pray without ceasing; That is when our duty is and the command requireth, not that we should day and night do nothing but pray; But when we speak of Christs Intercession, it's constant and never interrupted; There is no day or night that it ceaseth; Elisha scorned at the Priests of Baal, bidding them cry aloud. It may be they were either sleeping or in a Journey, 1 Kin. 18.27. But the Lord Christ is always attending and minding this very thing; Oh the unsearchable depths of comfort that are in this, when thou art preaching, drinking, working, then Christ is interceding for thee, when thou hast no mind of thy self, dost not pray for thy self, yet even then Christ is commending thy case to his Father: Oh the godly soul should cry out, I have enough, what can I desire more? If this will not satisfy thy disquieted soul what will?

3. This praier of Christ for us is constant, perpetuall, without ceasing; There is not a moment wherein we may say Christ doth not present thy cause to God, Thus it's said in the present Tense, We have an Advocate, and Heb. 7.25. He everliveth to make Intercession for us; Thus as he that keepeth Israel neither slumbreth nor sleepeth, so neither doth he that praieth for his Church either slumber or sleep, when Paul said He made mention of such alwaies in his Praiers, that is to be understood alwaies when he praied not that he praied alwaies, so when we are commanded to pray alwaies, to pray without ceasing; That is when our duty is and the command requireth, not that we should day and night do nothing but pray; But when we speak of Christs Intercession, it's constant and never interrupted; There is no day or night that it ceaseth; Elisha scorned at the Priests of Baal, bidding them cry aloud. It may be they were either sleeping or in a Journey,

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON XLIII. Of the Extent of Christs Mediatory Prayer, and of his Death; That he Prayed and Died not for all and every one of mankind, but only for the Elect; And that the Scripture-Expressions of Christs Dying for all are to be understood Indefinitely and not Universally.

SERMON XLIII. Of the Extent of Christs Mediatory Praier, and of his Death; That he Praied and Died not for all and every one of mankinde, but onely for the Elect; And that the Scripture-Expressions of Christs Dying for all are to be understood Indefinitely and not Ʋniversally.

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SERMON XLIII. Of the Extent of Christs Mediatory Prayer, and of his Death; That he Prayed and Died not for all and every one of mankind, but only for the Elect; And that the Scripture-Expressions of Christs Dying for all are to be understood Indefinitely and not Universally.

SERMON XLIII. Of the Extent of Christs Mediatory Praier, and of his Death; That he Praied and Died not for all and every one of mankinde, but onely for the Elect; And that the Scripture-Expressions of Christs Dying for all are to be understood Indefinitely and not Ʋniversally.