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

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Sermon 98: Of Christs Sanctifying himself to be a Mediator; Showing what is implied in it; How pu…Sermon 98: Of Christs Sanctifying himself to be a Mediatour; Shewing what is implied in it; How pu…

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The fitness in his Person is that he was both God and man, ¹whatsoever some Schoolmen have thought or imagined, yet no mere man though qualified to the highest with all manner of grace, could have satisfied for mans sins; It was necessary he should be God, for by this means there was an infinite value, worth, and excellency put upon his Doings and Sufferings; So that the worth and merit of Christs Actions did as far exceed our demerits as his Person did ours, as God doth man: It was necessary also he should be man, for in that Nature only could he suffer, in that only could he die; Thus there is one Mediator of God and man, the man Christ Jesus; He then that must reconcile God and man, must necessarily be both God and man, He must be medius that he may be a Mediator, ²and therefore we may truly say he was sanctified thereunto, that is, he was appointed and prepared for it.

The fitnesse in his Person is that he was both God and man, ¹whatsoever some Schoolmen have thought or imagined, yet no meer man though qualified to the highest with all manner of grace, could have satisfied for mans sinnes; It was necessary he should be God, for by this means there was an infinite value, worth, and excellency put upon his Doings and Sufferings; So that the worth and merit of Christs Actions did as farre exceed our demerits as his Person did ours, as God doth man: It was necessary also he should be man, for in that Nature only could he suffer, in that only could he die; Thus there is one Mediatour of God and man, the man Christ Jesus; He then that must reconcile God and man, must necessarily be both God and man, He must be medius that he may be a Mediatour, ²and therefore we may truly say he was sanctified thereunto, that is, he was appointed and prepared for it.

11. The fitness of his Person.1. The fitnesse of his Person.
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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON XCIX. Showeth further, what is implied in that phrase of our Saviour, I sanctify my self. Handling chiefly the Priestly-Office of Christ, in Opposition to the Socinians, and for the Comfort and Direction of Penitent Sinners.

SERMON XCIX. Sheweth further, what is implied in that phrase of our Saviour, I sanctifie my self. Handling chiefly the Priestly-Office of Christ, in Opposition to the Socinians, and for the Comfort and Direction of Penitent Sinners.

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SERMON XCIX. Showeth further, what is implied in that phrase of our Saviour, I sanctify my self. Handling chiefly the Priestly-Office of Christ, in Opposition to the Socinians, and for the Comfort and Direction of Penitent Sinners.

SERMON XCIX. Sheweth further, what is implied in that phrase of our Saviour, I sanctifie my self. Handling chiefly the Priestly-Office of Christ, in Opposition to the Socinians, and for the Comfort and Direction of Penitent Sinners.