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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 83: The Application of the fore-going Observation, both to the Godly and the Wicked, tendin…
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2. Rejoice, because hereby God honours and puts a glory upon thee, that thou shouldst be one who shalt be reproached and vilified for him. Admire the goodness of God herein, and say with David, I will be more vile still. Thus the Apostles ⟨p. 432⟩went away rejoicing, they were accounted worthy to suffer for Christs Name, Act. 5.41. Phil. 1.29. It's said to be Gods gift to suffer for him; To you it is given. It's a privilege and an honour to lose any thing for Christs sake; as Nazianzen said, He was glad he had something to loose for Christs sake: And so zealous were the primitive Christians of the glory of Martyrdom, that many were so dejected because God called them not to it, that they needed consolatory letters to satisfy them. Though the world look upon them as disgraced and miserable, yet God honours thee, and this thou art to judge of, as the greatest mercy and dignity that ever befell thee.
2. Rejoyce, because hereby God honours and puts a glory upon thee, that thou shouldst be one who shalt be reproached and vilified for him. Admire the goodnesse of God herein, and say with David, I will be more vile still. Thus the Apostles ⟨p. 432⟩went away rejoycing, they were accounted worthy to suffer for Christs Name, Act. 5.41. Phil. 1.29. It's said to be Gods gift to suffer for him; To you it is given. It's a priviledge and an honour to lose any thing for Christs sake; as Nazianzen said, He was glad he had something to loose for Christs sake: And so zealous were the primitive Christians of the glory of Martyrdom, that many were so dejected because God called them not to it, that they needed consolatory letters to satisfie them. Though the world look upon them as disgraced and miserable, yet God honours thee, and this thou art to judge of, as the greatest mercy and dignity that ever befell thee.