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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 57: Reasons proving the Necessity of Gods preserving his Children in Grace, That God keeps…
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Sixthly, The malice and power of Satan continually assaulting of us proclaimeth the great necessity of Gods power; He is the Tempter, and he is a roaring Lyon to destroy; The Devils are the principalities in high places, and above all he is most set against the godly, as Luk. 22. Now who could be secure in the midst of so many Legions of devils, if Gods arm did not always support us? would not Satan have possessed the heart of Peter, as much as he did Judas, had not Gods power withstood him, his Temptations are so suitable, so subtly managed, so importunately urged, that it must be a power from above that can overcome them; They are called Satan's darts, and his fiery darts, to show how quickly and forcibly they can enter, Ephes. 6.16.
Sixthly, The malice and power of Satan continually assaulting of us proclaimeth the great necessity of Gods power; He is the Tempter, and he is a roaring Lyon to destroy; The Devils are the principalities in high places, and above all he is most set against the godly, as Luk. 22. Now who could be secure in the midst of so many Legions of devils, if Gods arm did not alwaies support us? would not Satan have possessed the heart of Peter, as much as he did Judas, had not Gods power withstood him, his Temptations are so sutable, so subtlely managed, so importunately urged, that it must be a power from above that can overcome them; They are called Satans darts, and his fiery darts, to shew how quickly and forcibly they can enter, Ephes. 6.16.
Lastly, That Gods gracious help is necessary every moment appeareth in the sad Falls and woeful decays of the truly Godly, which could never have been, had they not with Sampson deprived themselves of their strength; how comes David in all that mire of Uncleanness and Murder, how comes he to be made indeed like one of the vile persons of the Earth, as once Michol falsely upbraided, but that God had withdrawn his present assistance, and whatsoever sins or Falls you read of in the Godly, it was because the Lord was not a present help to them in that Temptation, as when the Sun withdraweth his Light it must needs be dark, or his heat it must be cold.