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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 45: The Application of the former Subject; Setting forth the Necessity of Faith and Repenta…
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4. He that hath advantage by Christs Death looks upon the bitterness and ugliness of sin as being so foul that nothing but the blood of Christ could wash it away: The very thoughts of Christs Death presently makes him say, Oh the cursed and foul nature of all sin; Neither men nor Angels could take away the spot of it but only Christs Death; Wicked men therefore they are said to trample under feet the blood of Christ. Heb. 10. Because they have not those right precious thoughts about it as they ought to have; Though the blood of Christ speaks better things then that of Abel, yet it doth in some respects speak more terrible things, because by that we see how infinitely God is displeased with sin, how unsatisfied his justice was till such an atonement was made; So that if we look into hell, if we behold all the torments and miseries there, it doth not so fully represent the foul guilt of sin as Christ crucified on the Cross, sweating drops of blood, and crying out, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?
4. He that hath advantage by Christs Death looks upon the bitternesse and uglinesse of sinne as being so foul that nothing but the bloud of Christ could wash it away: The very thoughts of Christs Death presently makes him say, Oh the cursed and foul nature of all sinne; Neither men nor Angels could take away the spot of it but only Christs Death; Wicked men therefore they are said to trample under feet the bloud of Christ. Heb. 10. Because they have not those right precious thoughts about it as they ought to have; Though the bloud of Christ speaks better things then that of Abel, yet it doth in some respects speak more terrible things, because by that we see how infinitely God is displeased with sinne, how unsatisfied his justice was till such an atonement was made; So that if we look into hell, if we behold all the torments and miseries there, it doth not so fully represent the foul guilt of sinne as Christ crucified on the Crosse, sweating drops of bloud, and crying out, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?