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

Name: CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
Author: Anthony Burgess

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 ...

Anthony Burgess d. 1664London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656

[31], 672 [i.e. 702], [24] p. · 465k words · Wing B5651 · ESTC R13734

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Sermon 89: Of growth in Grace, showing that, and how many ways, a Godly man may be more sanctified.Sermon 89: Of growth in Grace, shewing that, and how many wayes, a Godly man may be more sanctified.

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We will conjoin the Matter prayed for, and the Subject together, Sanctify them.

We will conjoyn the Matter prayed for, and the Subject together, Sanctifie them.

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The word to sanctify is of a large signification in the Scripture; but to our purpose, here are two principal ones,

The word to sanctifie is of a large signification in the Scripture; but to our purpose, here are two principal ones,

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First, To sanctify is often to consecrate and set apart to an holy use; and thus many expound it, that our Saviour doth by this prayer commend them unto God in their Ministerial labour; That as the Priests of old were sanctified by many external Rites, so are the Disciples in a spiritual manner by Christ at this time; and this appeareth probable by the verse following, As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. This therefore is part of the meaning, but I shall refer the considering of that notion to the next verse.

First, To sanctifie is often to consecrate and set apart to an holy use; and thus many expound it, that our Saviour doth by this prayer commend them unto God in their Ministerial labour; That as the Priests of old were sanctified by many external Rites, so are the Disciples in a spiritual manner by Christ at this time; and this appeareth probable by the verse following, As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. This therefore is part of the meaning, but I shall referre the considering of that notion to the next verse.

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