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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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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.
Thus you have heard that God is holy, But in the next place know it is our Duty to improve this Attribute for our Good, For so our Saviour doth not look upon it as an absolute property in God, but as that which may be profitable unto his Disciples, So that we are to make use of this by Faith.
And that first, Because when God becomes our God by the Covenant of Grace, he is wholly ours, and all his Attributes are for our benefit and advantage; I will be their God: Now God is not our God nulesse his Wisdom be ours, his Holiness be ours, that is for our benefit; For we cannot separate God and these; Oh then what an unwise and foolish thing is it in a Christian when he hath such a Treasure, and yet will make no use of it, Such a Mine and yet improveth it not! In God there is holiness for all Angels and men, much more for thee.
And that first, Because when God becomes our God by the Covenant of Grace, he is wholly ours, and all his Attributes are for our benefit and advantage; I will be their God: Now God is not our God nulesse his Wisedome be ours, his Holinesse be ours, that is for our benefit; For we cannnot separate God and these; Oh then what an unwise and foolish thing is it in a Christian when he hath such a Treasure, and yet will make no use of it, Such a Mine and yet improveth it not! In God there is holinesse for all Angels and men, much more for thee.
Secondly, God being thus absolutely good, he is communicating of it, and it is a Rule, The more any thing is good, the more diffusive it is of it self; As we see in God, who though glorious and happy enough in himself, yet he created a world, and ordained many to Eternal Glory out of his mere good pleasure and Fullness, not that he needed or wanted any; Oh then it is very acceptable and well-pleasing to God that we should come with thirsting Souls unto this Fountain, and draw Water out of it, That we should suck plentifully at these full Breasts and be refreshed.