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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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1. His word, his Truth in opposition to what is the word of man, what is a lye and a falsehood; The false Prophets are often reproved for venting the Imaginations of their own hearts, and in the New Testament some are severely taxed for bringing in damnable heresies, 2 Pet. 2. Look we then, that what we build be gold and silver, not hay and stubble: That what we preach be Wheat and not Chaff, meat and not poison.
1. His word, his Truth in opposition to what is the word of man, what is a lye and a falshood; The false Prophets are often reproved for venting the Imaginations of their own hearts, and in the New Testament some are severely taxed for bringing in damnable heresies, 2 Pet. 2. Look we then, that what we build be gold and silver, not hay and stubble: That what we preach be Wheat and not Chaff, meat and not poison.
2. We are to deliver it purely, Some though they preach the Truth, yet they defile it by their additions, the Apostle Paul testifieth that he was not in the number of those 1 Cor. 2.17. who corrupt the word of God, that use sophisticate and counterfeit ways to adulterate it as men do their wine and wares, but as of God and in the sight of God, Oh what holy trembling and fear should be upon us lest our preaching should be like Nebuchadnezzars Image, some part of gold and silver, but the rest of Iron and Clay.
2. We are to deliver it purely, Some though they preach the Truth, yet they defile it by their additions, the Apostle Paul testifieth that he was not in the number of those 1 Cor. 2.17. who corrupt the word of God, that use sophisticate and counterfeit waies to adulterate it as men do their wine and wares, but as of God and in the sight of God, Oh what holy trembling and fear should be upon us lest our preaching should be like N•buchadnezzars Image, some part of gold and silver, but the rest of Iron and Clay.