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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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1Lastly, This advantage the soul may make of this Truth, thereby to lift up our hearts to heaven, and to desire to be there where our glorified head is; Thus the Apostle he longs to depart to be with Christ, Phil. 1.23. and the Church longs for and hastens the coming of Christ, from whence we look for Christ, saith the Apostle, Phil. 3.21. Who shall change our vile bodies into his glorious body. Oh this should make us draw off all our affections and desires from other things, Christ glorified should be the lodestone, we should not be at ease or quietness till we come to him, which made Austin say, That as there were some men who needed patience to die, so there were others, who needed patience to live, for the love and desire after Christ did so burn in their hearts, that having tasted of this honey, they judged every thing else gall and wormwood, so that this Truth may be like fire burning in our bones.
1Lastly, This advantage the soul may make of this Truth, thereby to lift up our hearts to heaven, and to desire to be there where our glorified head is; Thus the Apostle he longs to depart to be with Christ, Phil. 1.23. and the Church longs for and hastens the coming of Christ, from whence we look for Christ, saith the Apostle, Phil. 3.21. Who shall change our vile bodies into his glorious body. Oh this should make us draw off all our affections and desires from other things, Christ glorified should be the loadstone, we should not be at ease or quietnesse till we come to him, which made Austin say, That as there were some men who needed patience to die, so there were others, who needed patience to live, for the love and desire after Christ did so burn in their hearts, that having tasted of this honey, they judged every thing else gall and wormwood, so that this Truth may be like fire burning in our bones.
- 15. It encourageth us to lift up our hearts to heaven.