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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 56: That it's not enough to be put into a state of Grace, unless by Gods Power we are kept…
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1. The Defence and Custody in a strong manner the people of God have.
2. The great Danger we are in from Satan, sin and the world; for what needeth such a defence, if there were no danger? It's then God that keeps us, and that to salvation: Though God did never so much for us at the first, yet should he not keep to the very last to salvation it self, we should suffer shipwreck in the very Havens mouth.
2. The great Danger we are in from Satan, sinne and the world; for what needeth such a defence, if there were no danger? It's then God that keeps us, and that to salvation: Though God did never so much for us at the first, yet should he not keep to the very last to salvation it self, we should suffer shipwrack in the very Havens mouth.
To open this Doctrine, Consider,
First, That the power of God is necessary both to the beginnings of grace, and the progress. Christ must be not only the Author, but the finisher of our faith.