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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 52: Of the Danger Gods People are in in the world, in respect of its hating and opposing of…
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3. The godly mans trouble ariseth from the wicked and profane in the world, 1And this is the proper meaning of the Text, This is the world that hateth them, viz. the ungodly and wicked men, which are the greatest part in the world; This therefore the godly must make account of, Think it no strange thing to have wicked men malice thee, deride and trouble thee; David though a King yet Drunkards would make Songs of him, Psa. 69.11. Christ though never any walked so holily and unblameably as he did, yet they slandered him and said, He had •n Devil; Mat. 12. The whole Nation cried, Crucify him, Crucify him, and they would have Barabbas a Murderer spared before him; Now our Saviour tells us, that the Servant must not expect to be above his Master, Joh. 13 16 If they abused, derided, and reproached Christ, thinking he was not worthy to live; Dost thou think to escape? Did ever any Wolf or Lyon love the Sheep? Can the Serpent but have enmity to a man? Will not Cain kill Abel? Ishmael persecute Isaac? No, darkness cannot agree with light, nor Christ with Belial, The Sheeps blood is sweetest, and they find a kind of sweetness in their scoffs and malicious plots against thee; Let the godly then not give place to any discouragement for a moment, Let the world rage, revile, oppose, thus must thou enter into Glory; Wicked mens tongues are like those Dogs tongues that licked Lazarus whole; Their reproaches, their malicious words will help to make thee more Godly, and make thee walk so watchfully that thou mayest put them to shame which thus speak evil and disgracefully of thee.
3. The godly mans trouble ariseth from the wicked and prophane in the world, 1And this is the proper meaning of the Text, This is the world that hateth them, viz. the ungodly and wicked men, which are the greatest part in the world; This therefore the godly must make account of, Think it no strange thing to have wicked men malice thee, deride and trouble thee; David though a King yet Drunkards would make Songs of him,