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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. God is an Omnipotent God, None (saith Christ) is stronger then my Father; Joh. 10. We betrust men with things, and there comes a stronger then they who takes all away, but none can do so here.
2. He is a faithful and wise Keeper; He will not lye or deceive thee; Thou wilt have no cause to complain as Jacob did to Laban, That he had defrauded ⟨p. 303⟩him so many times; Thou canst not trust in riches, or in men, for these are unfaithful, These are a lye, but God is not like man, he will not deny himself.
2. He is a faithfull and wise Keeper; He will not lye or deceive thee; Thou wilt have no cause to complain as Jacob did to Laban, That he had defrauded ⟨p. 303⟩him so many times; Thou canst not trust in riches, or in men, for these are unfaithfull, These are a lye, but God is not like man, he will not deny himself.
3. He doth not only keep thee himself but appoints others also to keep thee; Armies of Angels are appointed by him to keep thee, yea, all the creatures are a Safeguard to thee; The stones in the Field are at peace with him who feareth God: Did not thy Faith lie asleep in thee, as Christ in the Ship, there would never be so many dangerous Tempests to overwhelm thee.
3. He doth not onely keep thee himself but appoints others also to keep thee; Armies of Angels are appointed by him to keep thee, yea, all the creatures are a Safeguard to thee; The stones in the Field are at peace with him who feareth God: Did not thy Faith lie asleep in thee, as Christ in the Ship, there would never be so many dangerous Tempests to overwhelm thee.