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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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2. That he should not thus only put himself out of comfort, but also from the enjoyment of that manifested glory and honour he might have retained to himself, This also was very wonderful. In this Chapter he prayeth for that Glory which yet he had with the Father from the beginning of the world, he had it in right but not in possession; He voluntarily divested himself of that, that so he might accomplish our Redemption; Job bewailed once the bitter change that was upon him, He that sate among Princes, to sit upon the Dunghill scraping his soars, this was a great Change, but this Change that Christ took upon himself was infinitely far transcending it.
2. That he should not thus only put himself out of comfort, but also from the enjoyment of that manifested glory and honour he might have retained to himself, This also was very wonderfull. In this Chapter he prayeth for that Glory which yet he had with the Father from the beginning of the world, he had it in right but not in possession; He voluntarily divested himself of that, that so he might accomplish our Redemption; Job bewailed once the bitter change that was upon him, He that sate among Princes, to sit upon the Dunghill scraping his soars, this was a great Change, but this Change that Christ took upon himself was infinitely farre transcending it.
Thirdly, In that Christ is said to sanctify himself,1 herein is implied the universal fitness that was in him for that work; To sanctify, and to be prepared, or made fit is the same thing in the Scripture, and this is also a Treasure of exceeding great Comfort, for if Christ had not been every ways a full and fit Redeemer, we had certainly miscarried.
Thirdly, In that Christ is said to sanctifie himself,1 herein is implied the universall fitnesse that was in him for that work; To sanctifie, and to be prepared, or made fit is the same thing in the Scripture, and this is also a Treasure of exceeding great Comfort, for if Christ had not been every waies a full and fit Redeemer, we had certainly miscarried.