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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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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,
1Obs. That the people of God are kept to Salvation through Faith; Faith is a special Instrument to preserve us, We are not only justified, but sanctified and preserved through Faith; hence the Apostle John, calls faith our Victory over the world, 1 Joh. 5.4. And Eph. 6. when we are exhorted to put on the whole Armour of Christianity, he saith, Above all take the Shield of Faith, he giveth the preheminency to that.
1Obs. That the people of God are kept to Salvation through Faith; Faith is a special Instrument to preserve us, We are not only justified, but sanctified and preserved through Faith; hence the Apostle John, cals faith our Victory over the world, 1 Joh. 5.4. And Eph. 6. when we are exhorted to put on the whole Armour of Christianity, he saith, Above all take the Shield of Faith, he giveth the preheminency to that.