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

[31], 672 [i.e. 702], [24] p. · 465k words · Wing B5651 · ESTC R13734

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Sermon 9: Christ under the notion of a Head, applied to the Terror of his Enemies and Comfort of…Sermon 9: Christ under the notion of a Head, applied to the Terrour of his Enemies and Comfort of…

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¹4. This power is spiritual, it doth reach to the hearts and consciences of men; Oh be afraid lest upon thy wickedness he puts thee forth, lest he make thee a Cain, a Judas: Oh it's not all thy wealth▪ all thy jollity, all thy pleasures that are able to withstand these troubles and tempests, if Christ raise them up in thee; If he deliver thee to Satan, as some were, then Christ withdraweth all his comfort, all peace, and lets the devil be thy tormentor, and thy heart an hell, especially this is done sometimes in time of sickness, under fears of death, when nothing but outward calamity compasseth thee about, then he commands those black and thick clouds to cover thy heart, which are as a gulf between Gods mercy and thee; There is no sinner so haughty, so jolly, so scornful, but Christ can quickly turn his Sun into a black night: Every thing shall bring thy sins and hell to thy mind, oh be afraid to live so, lest you provoke Christ to put forth this power.

¹4. This power is spirituall, it doth reach to the hearts and consciences of men; Oh be afraid lest upon thy wickednesse he puts thee forth, lest he make thee a Cain, a Judas: Oh it's not all thy wealth▪ all thy jollity, all thy pleasures that are able to withstand these troubles and tempests, if Christ raise them up in thee; If he deliver thee to Satan, as some were, then Christ withdraweth all his comfort, all peace, and lets the devil be thy tormentor, and thy heart an hell, especially this is done sometimes in time of sicknesse, under fears of death, when nothing but outward calamity compasseth thee about, then he commands those black and thick clouds to cover thy heart, which are as a gulf between Gods mercy and thee; There is no sinner so haughty, so jolly, so scornful, but Christ can quickly turn his Sun into a black night: Every thing shall bring thy sins and hell to thy minde, oh be afraid to live so, lest you provoke Christ to put forth this power.

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Mankind to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.

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SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Mankind to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.

SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Mankinde to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.