CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Though therefore we have handled this already, yet because it is repeated again, and it is well observed that those things which our Saviour did more then once say they have some notable Excellency, and deserve a second Consideration, according to that old Rule, Pulchra sunt bis dicenda; And in the Hebrew there is often a Gemination of the Word for the more Efficacy and Certainty; Because I say it's thus repeated by our Saviour who had infinite Treasures of Wisdom within him, who was the [Greek or Hebrew], and could not be straitened in words, Therefore let us also have a second improving of it: You see the Argument that it is twice repeated, They are not of the world, God is entreated to preserve them because they are not of the world even as Christ is not.

Though therefore we have handled this already, yet because it is repeated again, and it is well observed that those things which our Saviour did more then once say they have some notable Excellency, and deserve a second Consideration, according to that old Rule, Pulchra sunt bis dicenda; And in the Hebrew there is often a Gemination of the Word for the more Efficacy and Certainty; Because I say it's thus repeated by our Saviour who had infinite Treasures of Wisedom within him, who was the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and could not be streightned in words, Therefore let us also have a second improving of it: You see the Argument that it is twice repeated, They are not of the world, God is entreated to preserve them because they are not of the world even as Christ is not.

The Explication of this you have heard already, Therefore I proceed to the Observation.

Obs. That it's good for the People of God often and often to meditate on this, ¹