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

It is used sometimes for this whole Universe in all the parts of it, as when it's said, Before the Foundation of the world; Sometimes and that most frequently for men who are the Inhabitants of the world, and it's observed by the Learned, that John the Evangelist doth use it in the most various significations: The world when it signifieth men the Inhabitants of it, either is used universally ⟨p. 232⟩for all; or else Synecdochically for the greater part, for all, as Joh. 3. God so loved the world, viz. mankind, he did more for that then for Apostate Angels, Though Learned men expound that otherwise, it's used synecdochically for a greater part, but indefinitely good and bad, as when it's said, the whole world went after Christ, but it's many times used definitely for a certain kind of men; And that either the wicked and ungodly who are the greater in quantity, and thus by our Evangelist often, The world hateth you, and I have overcome the world; Or else it's used for the better part of the world, though the less, for the world of the Elect, and though this be greatly controverted, yet there are places very probable, 2 Cor. 3. God was in Christ reconciling the world, viz. of Elect; Thus Christ calls himself the bread of the world, and the Lamb that takes away the sins of the world: The doubt then is in what sense the world is here used, And

It is used sometimes for this whole Universe in all the parts of it, as when it's said, Before the Foundation of the world; Sometimes and that most frequently for men who are the Inhabitants of the world, and it's observed by the Learned, that John the Evangelist doth use it in the most various significations: The world when it signifieth men the Inhabitants of it, either is used •niversally ⟨p. 232⟩for all; or else Synechdochically for the greater part, for all, as Joh. 3. God so loved the world, viz. mankinde, he did more for that then for Apostate Angels, Though Learned men expound that otherwaies, it's used synechdochically for a greater part, but indefinitely good and bad, as when it's said, the whole world went after Christ, but it's many times used definitely for a certain kinde of men; And that either the wicked and ungodly who are the greater in quantity, and thus by our Evangelist often, The world hateth you, and I have overcome the world; Or else it's used for the better part of the world, though the lesse, for the world of the Elect, and though this be greatly controverted, yet there are places very probable,