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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 90: The Contraries to Growth in Grace. A Comfortable Advertisement to such as mourn under t…
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3. This is the end of all those afflictions and chastisements which God layeth upon us, that we should be more sanctified, John 15. Every branch is purged that it may bring forth more fruit; These are like the compost laid on the ground, these are the ploughing and the harrowing of the ground to make it more fruitful; The fire is to make the gold more pure from dross; The winnowing is to separate the Chaff from the Wheat, and thus are all Gods Dispensations which come in Severity ⟨p. 467⟩to thee; They are to sanctify thee more, to make thee more Heavenly-minded.
3. This is the end of all those afflictions and chastisements which God laieth upon us, that we should be more sanctified, John 15. Every branch is purged that it may bring forth more fruit; These are like the compost laid on the ground, these are the plowing and the harrowing of the ground to make it more fruitful; The fire is to make the gold more pure from drosse; The winnowing is to separate the Chaff from the Wheat, and thus are all Gods Dispensations which come in Severity ⟨p. 467⟩to thee; They are to sanctifie thee more, to make thee more Heavenly-minded.
4. This is one great end of the Word, and the Preaching thereof; Sanctify them by thy Word, and Eph 4. We are to be edified, to a full stature in Christ, by the Officers in his Church, So that as the Sun and the Clouds help to make the Ground fruitful, as the Wind filling the Sails of the Ship makes it go more swiftly, So should the Ministry and Ordinances; Oh what knowledge and grace shouldest thou have attained to by this time, Let thy profiting appear to all, as Paul said to Timothy.