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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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Secondly, The consideration of Christs Protection would make us go out of our selves, and renounce all our own power. To trust in the arm of flesh for temporal deliverances, is great Idolatry; but to trust in the duties or graces of the soul for spiritual mercies, is much more abominable Idolatry; for it's more peculiar and proper to God, and belongs to him as his only glory, to justify and save us, then to defend and preserve us corporally. This Preservation then of us is the only thing to humble us, to put us in remembrance of our own impotency and sinfulness, Those many promises to help thee, are so many demonstrations of thy own infirmities. We are never nearer falling, then when we begin to trust in our selves; When ⟨p. 347⟩Peter saith, Though all men forsake thee, yet I will not, then is he most prepared to forsake and deny Christ: So that this Doctrine of Christs Protection is a self-debasing and self-emptying truth, it makes us see our own poverty and nakedness, and thereby fly solely to him.
Secondly, The consideration of Christs Protection would make us go out of our selves, and renounce all our own power. To trust in the arm of flesh for temporal deliverances, is great Idolatry; but to trust in the duties or graces of the soul for spiritual mercies, is much more abominable Idolatry; for it's more peculiar and proper to God, and belongs to him as his onely glory, to justifie and save us, then to defend and preserve us corporally. This Preservation then of us is the onely thing to humble us, to put us in remembrance of our own impotency and sinfulnesse, Those many promises to help thee, are so many demonstrations of thy own infirmities. We are never nearer falling, then when we begin to trust in our selves; When ⟨p. 347⟩Peter saith, Though all men forsake thee, yet I will not, then is he most prepared to forsake and deny Christ: So that this Doctrine of Christs Protection is a self-debasing and self-emptying truth, it makes us see our own poverty and nakednesse, and thereby flie solely to him.