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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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Again, Such holy duties the Scriptures teach, that not only the doctrinal, but the practical part of it, is a mystery to flesh and blood, such are faith in Christ, love to our enemies, self-denial, and a readiness to take up the Cross. Many of these duties are accounted folly and madness by wise men after the flesh. It teacheth an heavenly life, fellowship and communion with God, to do all things from holy principles, and to holy ends; so that the holiness that is in the truth of Scriptures should much affect us. But oh how few read and delight in the Scriptures, because of the holiness in them? You read them for dispute, or to know the History, and to be able to hold up Arguments; but who is there, that thinketh this, the truths of Scripture are holy? They are to make heavenly and pure, they will forewarn of sin, they quicken to grace, they inflame to faith and love: Oh mind this, all Scripture-truth is for holiness! As meat is not to be looked upon, but eaten and digested.
Again, Such holy duties the Scriptures teach, that not only the doctrinal, but the practical part of it, is a mystery to flesh and bloud, such are faith in Christ, love to our enemies, self-denial, and a readinesse to take up the Crosse. Many of these duties are accounted folly and madness by wise men after the flesh. It teacheth an heavenly life, fellowship and communion with God, to do all things from holy principles, and to holy ends; so that the holinesse that is in the truth of Scriptures should much affect us. But oh how few reade and delight in the Scriptures, because of the holinesse in them? You reade them for dispute, or to know the History, and to be able to hold up Arguments; but who is there, that thinketh this, the truths of Scripture are holy? They are to make heavenly and pure, they will forewarn of sin, they quicken to grace, they inflame to faith and love: Oh minde this, all Scripture-truth is for holiness! As meat is not to be looked upon, but eaten and digested.
17. They are precious excellent Truths, and therefore compared by David to fine gold, and by Solomon preferred above all jewels,