A30241:1896
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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1Lastly, The Spirit of God comforts them by blessing the Ordinances, and making them successful to them; These are like Jonathans eating of honey, like Elisha feeding himself to go a long journey: The Gospel is a Gospel of comfort, The Sacraments Seals of Comfort, The Preaching of the Word instrumental to increase joy, Prayer is an heaven to the Soul; Now the Spirit of God blessing these to the godly soul, doth thereby fill him with heavenly Consolations, That as Christ in Prayer had his countenance changed, shining like the Sun, and his garments with glorious Light, and as Moses in his Communion with God, had his face shining so as to dazzle the eyes of his beholders; Thus many times the children of God in these duties, have soul-transfigurations, and are so full of joy that they can scarcely bear it, despising the pleasures of this world for such spiritual joy. Thus you have heard it's Christs will, we should have completed joy in us, because of the holy Ghost.
1Lastly, The Spirit of God comforts them by blessing the Ordinances, and making them successeful to them; These are like Jonathans eating of honey, like Elisha feeding himself to go a long journey: The Gospel is a Gospel of comfort, The Sacraments Seals of Comfort, The Preaching of the Word instrumental to encrease joy, Praier is an heaven to the Soul; Now the Spirit of God blessing these to the godly soul, doth thereby fill him with heavenly Consolations, That as Christ in Praier had his countenance changed, shining like the Sun, and his garments with glorious Light, and as Moses in his Communion with God, had his face shining so as to dazle the eyes of his beholders; Thus many times the children of God in these duties, have soul-transfigurations, and are so full of joy that they can scarcely bear it, despising the pleasures of this world for such spiritual joy. Thus you have heard it's Christs will, we should have compleated joy in us, because of the holy Ghost.
- 1VI. From the end for which Christ came into the world, and wrought what he did for us.