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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. It would be a very great scandal and offence to have Judas one of Christs own Society to betray him; Now that they may be well fortified against such an unwonted and horrible thing, he tells them this is no more then the Scripture had foretold.
1. It would be a very great scandall and offence to have Judas one of Christs own Society to betray him; Now that they may be well fortified against such an unwonted and horrible thing, he tels them this is no more then the Scripture had foretold.
2. Seeing that the Scripture is Gods voice, and therefore that which properly God doth, the Scripture is sometimes said to do, as Gal. 3.22. The Scripture fore-seeing hath concluded all under sin, that is, God fore-seeing &c. did conclude: Hence this passage may be brought in to show, that even all that sinfulness and perdition of Judas, the consequent thereof did not fall out casually, but by the wise ordering providence of God.
2. Seeing that the Scripture is Gods voice, and therefore that which properly God doth, the Scripture is sometimes said to do, as Gal. 3.22. The Scripture fore-seeing hath concluded all under sinne, that is, God fore-seeing &c. did conclude: Hence this passage may be brought in to shew, that even all that sinfulnesse and perdition of Judas, the consequent thereof did not fall out casually, but by the wise ordering providence of God.
3. This may be brought in to prevent any such error as might be gathered from our Saviours words, as if some of the Elect persons might perish; No (saith our Saviour) he was none of them; The Scripture a long while ago had pronounced fearful curses against him.