CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Name: CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
Author: Anthony Burgess

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 ...

Anthony Burgess d. 1664London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656

[31], 672 [i.e. 702], [24] p. · 465k words · Wing B5651 · ESTC R13734

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Sermon 58: The Greatness of the Mercy of being kept sound in the Truth: And the Damnableness of Er…

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Fourthly, It's of special consequence to be preserved in the pure faith, ¹because the more godly and endeared any are to God, this privilege they shall have to be kept in the truth, at least so as not damnably to err. Insomuch that a sound judgement in Religion, will distinguish a godly man, as well as an unblameable life. Mat. 24. Our Saviour speaking of false prophets, with what powerful pretences they should prevail, saith, If it were possible, they should deceive the very elect; If it were possible: You see by this, that there are such false ways in Religion, that are inconsistent with salvation; and therefore the elect man shall not fall into them, no more than into gross and abominable sins, viz. so as totally to lose Heaven and salvation. Yea John 10. our Saviour describes his sheep and goats, ⟨p. 318⟩not by their lives, but by their attending to the true Doctrine, My sheep hear my voice, and a stranger they will not hear, yea they will flee from him, vers. 5. So that a godly man doth hang his godliness about his intellectuals, as well as morals; He is not only to consider, Am I diligent in prayer? Do I walk conscionably in my ways? But am I also a lover and prizer of the true Doctrine of Christ?

Fourthly, It's of special consequence to be preserved in the pure faith, ¹because the more godly and endeared any are to God, this priviledge they shall have to be kept in the truth, at least so as not damnably to erre. Insomuch that a sound judgement in Religion, will distinguish a godly man, as well as an unblameable life. Mat. 24. Our Saviour speaking of false prophets, with what powerfull pretences they should prevail, saith, If it were possible, they should deceive the very elect; If it were possible: You see by this, that there are such false waies in Religion, that are inconsistent with salvation; and therefore the elect man shall not fall into them, no more than into grosse and abominable sins, viz. so as totally to lose Heaven and salvation. Yea

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON LIX. That it's a special Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein their Unity should be, And the Reasons of the Differences that are among them.

SERMON LIX. That it's a speciall Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein their Ʋnity should be, And the Reasons of the Differences that are among them.

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SERMON LIX. That it's a special Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein their Unity should be, And the Reasons of the Differences that are among them.

SERMON LIX. That it's a speciall Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein their Ʋnity should be, And the Reasons of the Differences that are among them.