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 99: Showeth further, what is implied in that phrase of our Saviour, I sanctify my self. Ha…Sermon 99: Sheweth further, what is implied in that phrase of our Saviour, I sanctifie my self. Ha…

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Hence secondly it followeth, That if Christ sanctified himself thus wholly for us, ¹if we do not by faith improve him for those ends God appointed him, we make him a Christ in vain, to have sanctified himself, and died in vain: Even as the Sun would shine in vain, if all were blind and did not enjoy the light of it; as the brazen Serpent would have been exalted in vain, if none that were stung would have looked upon it: Oh then let the godly fear, lest by their unbelief and distrust, they make Christ a Christ in vain, his Sanctification of himself wholly in vain! Unbelief doth practically what those false teachers of righteousness by the Law did doctrinally, If righteousness come by the Law (saith the Apostle) then Christ died in vain. And thus it is here, If Christ sanctified and fitted himself to enrich thee, to justify thee, to sanctify thee, and thou by thy unbelief wilt not receive those things, then is he a Christ in vain, as to thee: Oh remember, If God will not hold him guiltless that takes his Name in vain, how much more that taketh Christ in vain, which is the most glorious name (as we may say) whereby God is made known!

Hence secondly it followeth, That if Christ sanctified himself thus wholly for us, ¹if we do not by faith improve him for those ends God appointed him, we make him a Christ in vain, to have sanctified himself, and died in vain: Even as the Sunne would shine in vain, if all were blinde and did not enjoy the light of it; as the brazen Serpent would have been exalted in vain, if none that were stung would have looked upon it: Oh then let the godly fear, lest by their unbelief and distrust, they make Christ a Christ in vain, his Sanctification of himself wholly in vain! Unbelief doth practically what those false teachers of righteousnesse by the Law did doctrinally, If righteousnesse come by the Law (saith the Apostle) then Christ died in vain. And thus it is here, If Christ sanctified and fitted himself to enrich thee, to justifie thee, to sanctifie thee, and thou by thy unbelief wilt not receive those things, then is he a Christ in vain, as to thee: Oh remember, If God will not hold him guiltlesse that takes his Name in vain, how much more that taketh Christ in vain, which is the most glorious name (as we may say) whereby God is made known!

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SERMON C. Of Jesus Christ as Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar; The Properties of that Sacrifice; The way how men come to partake of the Benefit of it; Its Efficacy as to Sanctification as well as Justification.