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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 47: Of Gods Propriety in his People as the Ground of all the Good that accrueth to them.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. Because they have a Propriety in Christ therefore they are protected and preserved: The Eye of God is said to run up and down the Earth, to stand in the behalf of the upright in heart; They are Gods Treasure, and so his heart and love must be towards them, I am thine save me, saith David, Psal. 119.94. Propriety engageth God, all Creatures ⟨p. 259⟩look to their own, yea, they venture their lives to save their young ones: The cruel and most wild Creatures are fierce to defend their own; Now at the Psalmist argueth, He that made the Eye shall not be see, He that planted the Ear shall not he hear? Thus he that hath put into the nature of all creatures to protect their young ones, Will not he do the like? This Argument the Church useth when she saith, Isaiah 63 9. We are thine, and are called by thy Name; Insomuch that there is a wonderful expression in Zech. 2.8. He that toucheth you toucheth the Apple of my Eye; How carefully hath nature defended that as being a precious and dear part in a man; Yet thus God is pleased to account of those that are his, And therefore he is said to be afflicted in all their afflictions: Oh then that the Godly would improve this propriety more; They fear this danger, this Trial, this Calamity; Art thou not the Lords? Will not he look to thee more then thou couldest thy self? Thou art more his then thy own; It's indeed no such matter for thee to lose thy health, thy Comforts, thy Life, but for God to lose his goods, his Inheritance, his Jewels, would highly redound to his dishonour; Therefore the Lord is said to know how to deliver those that are Righteous, 2 Peter 2.9. They are under Gods care; And therefore thy Condition is more secure then if the whole world were to keep thee; For he that keepeth Israel neither slumbereth nor sleepeth, Psal. 121.3.
3. Because they have a Propriety in Christ therefore they are protected and preserved: The Eye of God is said to runne up and down the Earth, to stand in the behalf of the upright in heart; They are Gods Treasure, and so his heart and love must be towards them, I am thine save me, saith David,