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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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1. It cannot be the world of the Elect, for they are expressly prayed for, because given of the Father to Christ; Neither can it be the world of wicked men merely as so, for many wicked men that are so now, yet afterwards are converted, as v. 23. That the world may know thou hast sent me, that is, those who for the present are of the world, but afterwards are converted to Faith and Repentance.
1. It cannot be the world of the Elect, for they are expresly praied for, because given of the Father to Christ; Neither can it be the world of wicked men meerly as so, for many wicked men that are so now, yet afterwards are converted, as v. 23. That the world may know thou hast sent me, that is, those who for the present are of the world, but afterwards are converted to Faith and Repentance.
1It remaineth therefore by the world must be understood those that are not Elected, the world of Reprobates; And that this is the genuine Interpretation is plain, because the world is opposed to that number of men who are given by the Father to Christ, as the opposition manifesteth, Not for the world but those thou hast given me; Neither can it be evaded, as some would, I pray not for the world is in the same sense, and for the same things as I do for Believers, viz. perseverance and preservation from sin, because where the Text doth not limit or distinguish we must not; And besides he prayeth for those Elected persons that were as yet actually of the world, that they might know and believe in Christ, which prayer the Reprobates did most need, and therefore if Christ had prayed at all for them, it would have been for that which was most necessary: The sense then thus explained observe.
1It remaineth therefore by the world must be understood those that are not Elected, the world of Reprobates; And that this is the genuine Interpretation is plain, because the world is opposed to that number of men who are given by the Father to Christ, as the opposition manifesteth, Not for the world but those thou hast given me; Neither can it be evaded, as some would, I pray not for the world is in the same sence, and for the same things as I do for Beleevers, viz. perseverance and preservation from sinne, because where the Text doth not limit or distinguish we must not; And besides he praieth for those Elected persons that were as yet actually of the world, that they might know and beleeve in Christ, which praier the Reprobates did most need, and therefore if Christ had praied at all for them, it would have been for that which was most necessary: The sence then thus explained observe.