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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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Obs.1 That it was the holy and wise will of God the Father to exalt and glorify Christ. Gods great purpose from all Eternity was to give honour and glory to Christ: Indeed Christ while he was here on the earth, had some beamlings of this glory, some irradiations now and then, Joh. 12.28. Therefore the Father told Christ he had both glorified his Name, and would glorify it; Gods purpose to glorify Christ was above that purpose to glorify men, for they are but members, and he is the head▪ yea, some say, this design to glorify Christ is so immutable and absolutely intended by God, that though man had not fallen, yet they say Christ would have been incarnated and exalted by the Father: But if we consult with Scripture we have no other reason there assigned of Christs coming into the flesh, but of saving sinners: Now lest it should be thought that while we preach of Christs glory,2 this is nothing to us, and what comfort or profit is that to us, to hear that Christ in his own person is invested with such glory, you must know that this redounds to our profit and advantage much every way; For
Obs.1 That it was the holy and wise will of God the Father to exalt and glorifie Christ. Gods great purpose from all Eternity was to give honour and glory to Christ: Indeed Christ while he was here on the earth, had some beamlings of this glory, some irradiations now and then, Joh. 12.28. Therefore the Father told Christ he had both glorified his Name, and would glorifie it; Gods purpose to glorifie Christ was above that purpose to glorifie men, for they are but members, and he is the head▪ yea, some say, this design to glorifie Christ is so immutable and absolutely intended by God, that though man had not fallen, yet they say Christ would have been incarnated and exalted by the Father: But if we consult with Scripture we have no other reason there assigned of Christs coming into the flesh, but of saving sinners: Now lest it should be thought that while we preach of Christs glory,