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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 42: The Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Mediatory Prayer; Set forth in many Aggravations…
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6. The latitude and extensiveness of Christs prayer is also very full of comfort, For it reacheth as far as the effects of his death, so that for whatsoever privilege Christ died, for the same he prayeth; So that as it is said of the Lords Prayer, that it's the breviary and Summary of all things to be pra•ed for; Thus it is in Christs Prayer, There is nothing that the soul can desire, no evil to be avoided, no good to be procured but this Mediatory prayer extends unto it, Insomuch that it's the Treasury and stock out of which the Godly soul is constantly replenished:
6. The latitude and extensivenesse of Christs praier is also very full of comfort, For it reacheth as farre as the effects of his death, so that for whatsoever priviledge Christ died, for the same he praieth; So that as it is said of the Lords Praier, that it's the breviary and Summary of all things to be pra•ed for; Thus it is in Christs Praier, There is nothing that the soul can desire, no evil to be avoided, no good to be procured but this Mediatory praier extends unto it, Insomuch that it's the Treasury and stock out of which the Godly soul is constantly replenished:
We may instance in some particulars.
1. Daily pardon for our daily sins and Infirmities; For though all our former sins were wholly remitted, yet if we have not a constant remission, every hour and moment our condition would be damnable; Therefore when we sin he stands up as an Advocate: We see then what it is that may support our hearts against all quotidian failings, The vain thoughts, the proud and unbelieving Imaginations, The dullness and formality of our duties, all these are done away by Christs prayer; We could not have any rest or peace in our consciences all the day long, if we had not an Antidote against the daily poison we suck down; Alas it's not thy Repentance, thy godly strict life thou mayest build on, for the least vain thought deserveth hell, and would mar all thy graces, But it's the Intercession of a Mediator without us.