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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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Lastly, Because of this conjunction Christ hath a sympathy and f•llow-fe•ling with us; What is done against the Saints on earth is also against Christ; If one part suffers the head condoleth with it, and for this end Christ endured those many temptations, that he might know how to pity those that were in the same condition, Heb 4.15.
3. Christ is the head in respect of government and direction, he is the King of Saints, and the King of Nations: You read he had a Rod of Iron to bruise his enemies, only this government though it be in the world, yet it is not in a worldly manner; The b•st and choicest part of it is in preparing and fitting those whom the Father hath given him to eternal life, and to these his spiritual government is full of sweetness and full of power admirable in positive and preventing mercies; It's from this gracious government that nothing shall fall out either through the malice or policy of hell, that shall be able to hinder them from their crown; He is the strong one that hath conquered all the enmity against his people; Oh what treasures of comfort are in this; Thou art under Christs spiritual government, and so all conditions, all necessities, all occurrences in the world they further thy spiritual good; There is nothing can befall thee against his will; Thus you see all his power summed up in this, that he is the head.
3. Christ is the head in respect of government and direction, he is the King of Saints, and the King of Nations: You reade he had a Rod of Iron to bruise his enemies, only this government though it be in the world, yet it is not in a worldly manner; The b•st and choicest part of it is in preparing and fitting those whom the Father hath given him to eternall life, and to these his spiritual government is full of sweetness and full of power admirable in positive and preventing mercies; It's from this gracious government that nothing shall fall out either through the malice or policy of hell, that shall be able to hinder them from their crown; He is the strong one that hath conquered all the enmity against his people; Oh what treasures of comfort are in this; Thou art under Christs spiritual government, and so all conditions, all necessities, all occurrences in the world they further thy spiritual good; There is nothing can befall thee against his will; Thus you see all his power summed up in this, that he is the head.