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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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Thirdly, Be thankful unto God for every daily assistance; Be much in praise ⟨p. 314⟩and acknowledgement of this his gracious power, Unthankfulness makes God withdraw his mercy; how often hath God assisted thee both by preserving in what is good, and from what is evil, yet thou hast not called upon thy Soul and all within thee to bless his holy Name? Therefore thou shalt to thy woe find what a sad thing it is to be left to thy own self, and not to have his grace to help in time of need.
Thirdly, Be thankefull unto God for every daily assistance; Be much in praise ⟨p. 314⟩and acknowledgement of this his gracious power, Unthankfulnesse makes God withdraw his mercy; how often hath God assisted thee both by preserving in what is good, and from what is evil, yet thou hast not called upon thy Soul and all within thee to blesse his holy Name? Therefore thou shalt to thy woe finde what a sad thing it is to be left to thy own self, and not to have his grace to help in time of need.
The second Interpretation takes Name for the Knowledge of God and Faith in him, So that the sense is, Keep those thou hast given me, by Faith, as 1 Pet. 1.5. This is part of the meaning, and from thence we observe,
The second Interpretation takes Name for the Knowledge of God and Faith in him, So that the sence is, Keep those thou hast given me, by Faith, as 1 Pet. 1.5. This is part of the meaning, and from thence we observe,