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 9: Christ under the notion of a Head, applied to the Terror of his Enemies and Comfort of…Sermon 9: Christ under the notion of a Head, applied to the Terrour of his Enemies and Comfort of…

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Lastly, If the meanness and lowness of thy condition trouble thee, saying, though Christ the head may communicate to such worthy and eminent Christians, they are enabled to do him great service, yet will he look on such a dead dog as I am? If thou art but the foot, the lowest part in the body, yet the head minds that, and procureth its welfare as well as other parts, so that this very consideration is a Catholicon, It's a Remedy against every Disease.

Lastly, If the meannesse and lownesse of thy condition trouble thee, saying, though Christ the head may communicate to such worthy and eminent Christians, they are enabled to doe him great service, yet will he look on such a dead dog as I am? If thou art but the foot, the lowest part in the body, yet the head mindes that, and procureth its welfare as well as other parts, so that this very consideration is a Catholicon, It's a Remedy against every Disease.

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3. This relation of a Head implieth a near Union and Conjunction; What can be nearer then the head and the body? yet such a communion and conjunction there is between Christ and the godly, and this very consideration proveth the perseverance of the godly; Shall Christ lose one member of his body totally, and suffer it to be damned in hell? Oh the comfortable and hopeful thoughts the children of God should have from this relation, from Wife, from Husband, though they be bone of thy bone, and flesh of thy ⟨p. 47⟩flesh, thou must part, but not from Christ; This Union with Christ is the foundation of all our comfort and hope against Apostasy; Again, because of this conjunction we may expect protection and provision even in outward things: Doth not the Apostle say, No man yet ever hated his own flesh, but cherished it, Eph. 5.29. Shall Christ then the head forget thee? Shall he withhold his e•e from his own flesh? Will the head suffer the foot to starve? Certainly this consideration should wonderfully support against all discouragements and necessities whatsoever.

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

SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Mankind to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.

SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Mankinde to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.

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SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Mankind to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.

SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Mankinde to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.