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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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1Obs. That so many contrary things to a Believers Expectation may fall out in matters of Religion, that did not the Scripture foretell them, we should be greatly offended; This hypocrisy of Judas was so heinous and monstrous, that had not Christ forewarned them out of the Scripture, it had been enough to make them stagger and reel; To think there was no such thing as Truth of Grace and Uprightness; To cry out as he did, observing the deceitful ways of the world,2 O Virtue, I thought thou hadst been some real thing, but now I find thee to be a mere sound of words, &c. What if one of the Apostles be thus false, then surely there is no Truth or Religion in the world; It hath always been thus in the Church of God, such passages have fallen out beyond a godly mans expectation, that sometimes with David they have been ready to say, It's a vain thing to be godly, they have doubted about God and his Word, and all hath been because they have not diligently considered that this is no more then the Scripture hath spoken of.
1Obs. That so many contrary things to a Beleevers Expectation may fall out in matters of Religion, that did not the Scripture foretell them, we should be greatly offended; This hypocrisie of Iudas was so hainous and monstrous, that had not Christ forewarned them out of the Scripture, it had been enough to make them stagger and reel; To think there was no such thing as Truth of Grace and Uprightnesse; To cry out as he did, observing the deceitful waies of the world,2 O Vertue, I thought thou hadst been some reall thing, but now I finde thee to be a meer sound of words, &c. What if one of the Apostles be thus false, then surely there is no Truth or Religion in the world; It hath alwaies been thus in the Church of God, such passages have fallen out beyond a godly mans expectation, that sometimes with David they have been ready to say, It's a vain thing to be godly, they have doubted about God and his Word, and all hath been because they have not diligently considered that this is no more then the Scripture hath spoken of.
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