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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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3. This glory vouchsafed unto Christ is, that all things should be done in his Name; All Church-meetings, all Church-censures, all Church-duties, should be wholly performed in and by him; Thus for prayer, whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, Joh. 14.13. For Church-meetings, when two or three are gathered together in my Name, Mat. 18.20. For Church-censures, When you are met together in Christs Name to deliver such an one to Satan, 1 Cor. 5. Thus the glory of Christ is wonderfully magnified in the Assembly of the Saints, for every thing that is due is accepted of in Christs Name; No prayer is received but in Christs Name, no performance hath its due effect, but in Christs Name; This heavenly and holy Court is kept in Christs Name only; We are to preach in his Name, we baptize in his Name, all things have their success and efficacy, as they come out in his Name; Thus (beloved) you see that all our thoughts and desires should be to glorify Christ, If it be the Fathers will to glorify him, it should be ours much more.
3. This glory vouchsafed unto Christ is, that all things should be done in his Name; All Church-meetings, all Church-censures, all Church-duties, should be wholly performed in and by him; Thus for praier, whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, Joh. 14.13. For Church-meetings, when two or three are gathered together in my Name, Mat. 18.20. For Church-censures, When you are met together in Christs Name to deliver such an one to Satan, 1 Cor. 5. Thus the glory of Christ is wonderfully magnified in the Assembly of the Saints, for every thing that is due is accepted of in Christs Name; No praier is received but in Christs Name, no performance hath its due effect, but in Christs Name; This heavenly and holy Court is kept in Christs Name only; We are to preach in his Name, we baptize in his Name, all things have their successe and efficacy, as they come out in his Name; Thus (beloved) you see that all our thoughts and desires should be to glorifie Christ, If it be the Fathers will to glorifie him, it should be ours much more.