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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 82: Of Wicked mens hating the Godly, the Causes, Effects, and Properties of it.
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Hence our Saviour, Joh. 15.20, 21. applieth that of David to all the godly, They have hated me without a cause: Indeed if you do regard the contrariety of wicked men to what is holy, this is a necessary cause, but it's not a just cause, for this indeed deserveth the clean contrary; Had the Pharisees a Cause to crucify Christ? Had the Galatians a Cause to become Enemies to Paul? Oh no, Those thou hatest should be accounted of as Jewels by thee; Those thou revilest and reproachest the delight of thy soul should be to them; It is a causeless hatred.
Hence our Saviour, Joh. 15.20, 21. applieth that of David to all the godly, They have hated me without a cause: Indeed if you doe regard the contrariety of wicked men to what is holy, this is a necessary cause, but it's not a just cause, for this indeed deserveth the clean contrary; Had the Pharisees a Cause to crucifie Christ? Had the Galatians a Cause to become Enemies to Paul? Oh no, Those thou hatest should be accounted of as Jewels by thee; Those thou revilest and reproachest the delight of thy soul should be to them; It is a causless hatred.