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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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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, Joh. 13.1. when Christ saw the time of his departure was come, having loved his own, he loved them to the end, more then ever he discovered his love, partly by condescending to wash their feet, and partly by instituting the Sacrament as a remembrance of his death for them; So that as they say of all motions, they are swiftest towards the end; Thus Christ loving his Disciples from his heart, upon pure grounds, he loved them most of all at his latter end, as the clock runs fastest at the last stroke; But it's good to open this Box of Ointment that the sweet smell thereof may comfort and refresh us.
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 reade 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 dismaied when they see their afflictions rise higher, never considering that the love and care that Christ hath to them doth also encrease,