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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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Sermon 81: Of Suffering for Christs Cause, And how it engageth God to take care of such as so suff…
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JOH. 17.14. I have given them thy Word, and the world hath hated them, &c.
A Second Observation may be.
That when the People of God suffer not for any Faults of their own, 1but because they own God, and profess his Truth, This is a great obliging of God to take care of them; For our Saviours Petition is founded upon this equitable and just Consideration, The world hateth them; But why? Not for any wickedness or injuries they have done, but merely because they have believed in thy Word; If so be they had opposed and rejected the Word of God, and had ordered their lives according to the course of this world, They would have been the worlds darlings, all men would have spoken well of them, but now it was for Gods sake, and his Gospels sake, that they were thus maligned, so that if we be hated in the world upon Christs account, and because of Gods Interest we are sure to have his special care and protection.
That when the People of God suffer not for any Faults of their own, 1but because they own God, and professe his Truth, This is a great obliging of God to take care of them; For our Saviours Petition is founded upon this equitable and just Consideration, The world hateth them; But why? Not for any wickednesse or injuries they have done, but meerly because they have beleeved in thy Word; If so be they had opposed and rejected the Word of God, and had ordered their lives according to the course of this world, They would have been the worlds darlings, all men would have spoken well of them, but now it was for Gods sake, and his Gospels sake, that they were thus maligned, so that if we be hated in the world upon Christs account, and because of Gods Interest we are sure to have his special care and protection.