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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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12. Let this make thee afraid to affront this power, because it is his who will be thy Judge, before whose Tribunal thou art sure to be arraigned; This should be a piercing argument: If this power were in him who had nothing to do with thee, as a Malefactor in one Country feareth not the Magistrate in another Country, because his power doth not reach to him, he is none of his Subject; But Christ hath an universal jurisdiction, we must all appear whether we will or no, and to give an account to him; Now what can be more dreadful then to think; This Judge I have dishonoured, I have wronged, I have broken all his Commands, Oh if it were any other Judge I could hope to speed better; Oh if you have any love to your souls, lay this to heart; Thy wickedness, thy profaneness it hath been against Christ, It was he that commanded thee, he sent his Ministers to persuade thee, and thou saidst, Give me my lusts rather then Christ, the world rather then Christ, and this Christ is now come to be my Judge; What dost thou think or believe about these things? Why dost thou stop thy ear? Why dost thou stifle thy Conscience? Why dost thou labour to suppress these thoughts within? If that all this power will not pass by thee, though but one man, Think not what care I for this power, I will do well enough howsoever.
12. Let this make thee afraid to affront this power, because it is his who will be thy Judge, before whose Tribunall thou art sure to be arraigned; This should be a piercing argument: If this power were in him who had nothing to do with thee, as a Malefactor in one Countrey feareth not the Magistrate in another Countrey, because his power doth not reach to him, he is none of his Subject; But Christ hath an universal jurisdiction, we must all appear whether we will or no, and to give an account to him; Now what can be more dreadfull then to think; This Judge I have dishonoured, I have wronged, I have broken all his Commands, Oh if it were any other Judge I could hope to speed better; Oh if you have any love to your souls, lay this to heart; Thy wickednesse, thy prophanesse it hath been against Christ, It was he that commanded thee, he sent his Ministers to perswade thee, and thou saidst, Give me my lusts rather then Christ, the world rather then Christ, and this Christ is now come to be my Judge; What dost thou think or beleeve about these things? Why dost thou stop thy ear? Why dost thou stifle thy Conscience? Why dost thou labour to suppresse these thoughts within? If that all this power will not passe by thee, though but one man, Think not what care I for this power, I will do well enough howsoever.