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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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Lastly, Rejoice, because God might have left thee to be such a malicious enemy to ⟨p. 433⟩godliness, as thou seest they are. Every time thou hearest, what slanders, what malicious words the wicked of the world vent against thee: O bless God, and say, I might have been left to such a spirit, I was such a devil my self once, I opened my mouth against such as fear God, as well as he! Oh blessed be God that hath changed my blackmore-skin, that hath given me another heart! when Paul met with wretched adversaries, that blasphemed him and the Gospel, he preached: No doubt but he reflected upon himself, I was such a mad blasphemer once, I persecuted the godly once, I delighted in cruel vexings of them heretofore; And now how great is Gods goodness to me, that he hath had mercy on me; If thou blessest God that he made thee not a Serpent, a Toad, or that thou wert not a natural fool, or a mad man, How much rather, that he hath not given thee up to such a vile malicious disposition?
Lastly, Rejoyce, because God might have left thee to be such a malicious enemy to ⟨p. 433⟩godliness, as thou seest they are. Every time thou hearest, what slanders, what malicious words the wicked of the world vent against thee: O bless God, and say, I might have been left to such a spirit, I was such a devil my self once, I opened my mouth against such as fear God, as well as he! Oh blessed be God that hath changed my blackmore-skin, that hath given me another heart! when Paul met with wretched adversaries, that blasphemed him and the Gospel, he preached: No doubt but he reflected upon himself, I was such a mad blasphemer once, I persecuted the godly once, I delighted in cruel vexings of them heretofore; And now how great is Gods goodnesse to me, that he hath had mercy on me; If thou blessest God that he made thee not a Serpent, a Toad, or that thou wert not a natural fool, or a mad man, How much rather, that he hath not given thee up to such a vile malicious disposition?