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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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The words thus explained, Consider the efficacy of Christs argument, I pray for these, and commend them to thy care and protection, because I am going out of the world; I shall not be corporally present with them, I was a comfort to them, and preserver of them, but now I commend them to thy hands; Thus we see the admirable care and love Christ showed to his Disciples, he seems to be more mindful of them then his own self; All his thoughts about his own sufferings did not so affect him, but that still he could remember his own Disciples, that it may go well with them.
The words thus explained, Consider the efficacy of Christs argument, I pray for these, and commend them to thy care and protection, because I am going out of the world; I shall not be corporally present with them, I was a comfort to them, and preserver of them, but now I commend them to thy hands; Thus we see the admirable care and love Christ shewed to his Disciples, he seems to be more mindeful of them then his own self; All his thoughts about his own sufferings did not so affect him, but that still he could remember his own Disciples, that it may go well with them.
1Obs. That the greater the dangers are Christs people are kept in, the greater is Christs care and love to them; It was likely to be worse with the Disciples then ever, therefore it's said, their hearts were troubled, Joh. 14. when he spake of leaving of them, for what can the Chickens do when the hen is killed; What can the Sheep do when the Shepherd is smitten; Now because they were fallen into such a condition our Saviour doth in amore special manner commend their Estate to God, we do not read that formerly he did in such a peculiar manner give them up to God, because their danger and temptations were not so great as were likely to be; This is a Truth worthy of all acceptation by the godly; They are dismayed when they see their afflictions rise higher, never considering that the love and care that Christ hath to them doth also increase,