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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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1That as Christ so much more all men, are to pray for and desire any comfort or advantages, not so much for themselves as that thereby God may be glorified. that as Christ said, Joh. 8 50. I seek not my own glory but the glory of him that sent me, so every one should say, If God make me rich▪ great in this world, I do not regard these things as my advantages, but as opportunities to glorify God; It's a Rule in Logic, Media non sunt appetenda propter se sed propter finem, and appetitus finis est infinitus, the desire of the end is infinite, but of the means is only finite and limited; Thus not only all our earthly comforts here below, but all that eternal glory and happiness which we shall have in heaven is but a medium ⟨p. 31⟩to promote the glory of God, and although the salvation of our souls be in some sense the end of a man, yet even this end hath a further end, the glory and honour of God, of which we are to say as the people of David, Thou art worth ten thousand of us, so is the glory and honour of God of more worth then the salvation of all mens souls; But that you may all feel power coming out from this doctrine to your souls, let us consider the truth of it in Christ briefly, and then more largely how it is to be fulfilled in us.
1That as Christ so much more all men, are to pray for and desire any comfort or advantages, not so much for themselves as that thereby God may be glorified. that as Christ said, Joh. 8 50. I seek not my own glory but the glory of him that sent me, so every one should say, If God make me rich▪ great in this world, I do not regard these things as my advantages, but as opportunities to glorifie God; It's a Rule in Logick, Media non sunt appetenda propter se sed propter finem, and appetitus finis est infinitus, the desire of the end is infinite, but of the means is only finite and limited; Thus not only all our earthly comforts here below, but all that eternall glory and happinesse which we shall have in heaven is but a medium ⟨p. 31⟩