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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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We come to a second description of those that are included in Christs Prayer, and they are characterized by this, They are given by the Father to Christ; Certainly there must be much in this Consideration; For our Saviour doth no less then five times use it in this Prayer, and Joh. 6. it's used several times.
We come to a second description of those that are included in Christs Praier, and they are characterized by this, They are given by the Father to Christ; Certainly there must be much in this Consideration; For our Saviour doth no lesse then five times use it in this Praier, and Joh. 6. it's used severall times.
I handled it before but then I considered it much as it did imply the trust and charge Christ had by this gift: God the Father gave them to Christ as a faithful Mediator, he betrusted him with them as a people whose Salvation he should obtain, and accordingly Christ was faithful to make these a peculiar people and Gods precious Jewels; They were given him as a King to govern, as a Physician to heal, as a Mediator to save, and as a Shepherd to feed, and this propriety that both God and Christ hath in them is a great ground why God should hear Christs Prayer for them.
I handled it before but then I considered it much as it did imply the trust and charge Christ had by this gift: God the Father gave them to Christ as a faithful Mediatour, he betrusted him with them as a people whose Salvation he should obtain, and accordingly Christ was faithfull to make these a peculiar people and Gods precious Jewels; They were given him as a King to govern, as a Physician to heal, as a Mediatour to save, and as a Shepherd to feed, and this propriety that both God and Christ hath in them is a great ground why God should hear Christs Praier for them.