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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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1Secondly, This doth imply the ready and willing offering up of himself to this work; And certainly this is the great Mystery at which Heaven and Earth may be astonished: This the Angels wonder at, and still desire to search into it more and more; That Christ should come from the bosom of the Father, and lay aside the manifestation of all Heavenly Majesty and Glory, to be debased in so low a way, making himself of no reputation; This can never be considered of enough, no, not by all the Angels and Saints to all Eternity, Philip. 2.6. The Apostle doth there enlarge himself ⟨p. 503⟩in this Meditation, and in another place, how he became poor that we might make us rich.
1Secondly, This doth imply the ready and willing offering up of himself to this work; And certainly this is the great Mystery at which Heaven and Earth may be astonished: This the Angels wonder at, and still desire to search into it more and more; That Christ should come from the bosome of the Father, and lay aside the manifestation of all Heavenly Majesty and Glory, to be debased in so low a way, making himself of no reputation; This can never be considered of enough, no, not by all the Angels and Saints to all Eternity, Philip. 2.6. The Apostle doth there enlarge himself ⟨p. 503⟩in this Meditation, and in another place, how he became poor that we might make us rich.
- 1II: His ready offering himself for us.
Two things are admirable in this willing Oblation of himself.