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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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Sermon 64: Of the Manner of Christs keeping those that are His. Of a four-fold Principle that is o…
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1A second principle thus conserving is, That daily help of grace quickening and corroborating the soul in all holiness. The former grace is permanent and habitual, this transien,t actual, and by way of motion. This latter doth complete and actuate the former; For as it's not enough to have a natural life, unless there be a further concourse of God, by which we actually move and stir: So in our supernatural life, it's not enough to have that principle of life infused, but we are to receive the daily impressions, and powerful quicknings of his holy Spirit; and this is to have both the [Greek or Hebrew] posse and ⟨p. 345⟩the [Greek or Hebrew] operari, the will and the deed. These are the two internal principles of our conservation, for the Lord Christ doth not keep us immediately, but by means in a subordinate manner.
1A second principle thus conserving is, That daily help of grace quickning and corroborating the soul in all holinesse. The former grace is permanent and habitual, this transien,t actual, and by way of motion. This latter doth compleat and actuate the former; For as it's not enough to have a naturall life, unlesse there be a further concourse of God, by which we actually move and stirre: So in our supernatural life, it's not enough to have that principle of life infused, but we are to receive the daily impressions, and powerfull quicknings of his holy Spirit; and this is to have both the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 posse and ⟨p. 345⟩the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 operari, the will and the deed. These are the two internal principles of our conservation, for the Lord Christ doth not keep us immediately, but by means in a subordinate manner.
- 12. A daily help of grace quickening and corroborating the soul in all holiness.2. A daily help of grace quickning and corroborating the soul in all holiness.