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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. It is Observable how thankful Christ was for having his Prayer heard; The same Person who is obliged to give thanks, is also bound to pray: Thus John 6. Christ gave Thanks about that Refreshment, though it was by Barley and some small Fish; Christ himself giveth God thanks for that poor and course Diet: Oh what Thankfulness should this teach us, and stir us up to express: And so in this History, though the good he prayed for did not immediately redound to him, but to Lazarus and his Sisters, yet Christ giveth thanks for it, so that Christ who prayeth for the good of Believers as his own good, So he giveth thanks likewise to God for Mercies and Blessings bestowed on them as though they were his own mercies: If thou canst not give God Thanks large and hearty enough for his discriminating Mercy in opening of thy Eyes, and passing by and leaving the Eyes of more prudent and honoured in the world blind and shut up: Know that Christ hath also thanked the Father for this, Luke 10.21. Christ that prayeth for all thy spiritual blessings, doth also praise the Father for them.
2. It is Observable how thankfull Christ was for having his Prayer heard; The same Person who is obliged to give thanks, is also bound to pray: Thus John 6. Christ gave Thanks about that Refreshment, though it was by Barley and some small Fish; Christ himself giveth God thanks for that poor and course Diet: Oh what Thankfullnesse should this teach us, and stirre us up to expresse: And so in this History, though the good he praied for did not immediately redound to him, but to Lazarus and his Sisters, yet Christ giveth thanks for it, so that Christ who prayeth for the good of Beleevers as his own good, So he giveth thanks likewise to God for Mercies and Blessings bestowed on them as though they were his own mercies: If thou canst not give God Thanks large and hearty enough for his discriminating Mercy in opening of thy Eyes, and passing by and leaving the Eyes of more prudent and honoured in the world blinde and shut up: Know that Christ hath also thanked the Father for this, Luke 10.21. Christ that praieth for all thy spiritual blessings, doth also praise the Father for them.