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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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1Sixthly, This power is arbitrary in the use of it; He opens this mans heart and leaveth another shut, he cureth this blind eye and leaveth another in darkness, Mat. 11.27. When Christ had acknowled that sovereign arbitrary power of God in revealing the Mysteries of salvation to babes, and hiding them from the wise of the world, he addeth, All things are delivered me of my Father, No man knoweth the Father but he to whom the Son will reveal him; So then this gracious power of Christ is not indifferently exercised upon all; To some Christ revealeth the will of God effectually, to others not; There were many Publicans besides Matthew, yet to him Christ makes known himself and not to others. Many Pharisees besides Paul that were not so bitter and violent against the Name of Christ, yet Christ makes him feel this glorious power on his heart, and others not.
1Sixthly, This power is arbitrary in the use of it; He opens this mans heart and leaveth another shut, he cureth this blinde eye and leaveth another in darknesse, Mat. 11.27. When Christ had acknowled that soveraign arbitrary power of God in revealing the Mysteries of salvation to babes, and hiding them from the wise of the world, he addeth, All things are delivered me of my Father, No man knoweth the Father but he to whom the Sonne will reveal him; So then this gracious power of Christ is not indifferently exercised upon all; To some Christ revealeth the will of God effectually, to others not; There were many Publicans besides Matthew, yet to him Christ makes known himself and not to others. Many Pharisees besides Paul that were not so bitter and violent against the Name of Christ, yet Christ makes him feel this glorious power on his heart, and others not.
- 1VI. It is arbitrary in the use of it