A30241:1901
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.
JOHN 17.13. That they might have my Joy fulfilled in themselves.
These words are the final cause of Christs solemn prayer for his Disciples. Wherein you have,
THese words are the finall cause of Christs solemn prayer for his Disciples. Wherein you have,
The Benefit it self described, and the Manner of possessing of it.
The Benefit it self is, My Joy.
This may be understood Actively and Passively; Actively, for that joy which Christ might take from his Disciples, being preserved in purity of Doctrine and Unity amongst themselves. Thus some understand it, and parallel a like place,