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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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3. Christ is in some large and improper sense, called the formal cause of the good in us, an assistant form, not informing, that is, Christ received and applied by faith, doth in a most inward and intimate manner live in us, and thereby strengtheneth us; so the Apostle, Gal. 2.20. I no longer live, but Christ in me. Here you see Christ liveth in a godly man, for by faith we are united unto him, and thus Christ becomes our Head, from whom we have all spiritual influx: Now an head is a conjoined and united cause, made one with the body, and thus is Christ and his Church; and therefore is that similitude of an Head and the Body so often used.
3. Christ is in some large and improper sense, called the formal cause of the good in us, an assistant form, not informing, that is, Christ received and applied by faith, doth in a most inward and intimate manner live in us, and thereby strengtheneth us; so the Apostle, Gal. 2.20. I no longer live, but Christ in me. Here you see Christ liveth in a godly man, for by faith we are united unto him, and thus Christ becomes our Head, from whom we have all spiritual influx: Now an head is a conjoyned and united cause, made one with the body, and thus is Christ and his Church; and therefore is that similitude of an Head and the Body so often used.
4▪ Christ is the final cause of our Sanctification, that is, we are made holy to this end, both that we might show forth the praises and glory of Christ, as our Redeemer, as also that we should live to him, and set all our affections and desires upon him, desiring with Paul, To know nothing but Christ crucified, 1 Cor. 2.1.
4▪ Christ is the final cause of our Sanctification, that is, we are made holy to this end, both that we might shew forth the praises and glory of Christ, as our Redeemer, as also that we should live to him, and set all our affections and desires upon him, desiring with Paul, To know nothing but Christ crucified,