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 60: The great Pattern of Unity; The Nature and Properties of the Unity that is between God…Sermon 60: The great Paterne of Ʋnity; The Nature and Properties of the Ʋnity that is between God…

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WE are now come to the close of the Prayer, which containeth the Example or Pattern of that Unity Christ prayeth for. It's not for every kind of Unity he prayeth for, but he would have them imitate that Unity which is most absolute and complete, even the Unity of the Father and the Son.

WE are now come to the close of the Prayer, which containeth the Example or Patern of that Unity Christ prayeth for. It's not for every kinde of Unity he prayeth for, but he would have them imitate that Unity which is most absolute and compleat, even the Unity of the Father and the Son.

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Before we raise the Doctrine, this particular must be vindicated: For the Arians and Socinians think this a pregnant place to overthrow the [Greek or Hebrew] all nature of the Father and the Sonne. That therefore here cannot be meant an essential Unity. Thus they argue, Such an Unity the Father and Christ have, as the Disciples are prayed for to have: But that is a Unity and Concord and Agreement, not of Essence: Therefore Christ and the Father are not Essentially One.

Before we raise the Doctrine, this particular must be vindicated: For the Arians and Socinians think this a pregnant place to overthrow the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 all nature of the Father and the Sonne. That therefore here cannot be meant an essential Ʋnity. Thus they argue, Such an Ʋnity the Father and Christ have, as the Disciples are prai'd for to have: But that is a Ʋnity and Concord and Agreement, not of Essence: Therefore Christ and the Father are not Essentially One.

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This seemeth to be very specious and plausible. But

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