A30241:1988
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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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.
3. They are to deliver it universally, as Paul said, he had not withheld from them the whole counsel of God, Act. 20. 27. To speak all that God commands, not to hide or withdraw any thing either for fear or flattery, The threatening part as well as the promising, to vent the Prophecy though it be the burden of the Lord.
3. They are to deliver it universally, as Paul said, he had not withheld from them the whole counsell of God, Act. 20. 27. To speak all that God commands, not to hide or withdraw any thing either for fear or flattery, The threatning part as well as the promising, to vent the Prophesie though it be the burden of the Lord.