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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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Sermon 104: That in some particulars the poor weak Christian hath more respect from Christ then the…
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6. To those that are weak God hath made glorious promises for the increase of their grace; Thus the Prophet Isaiah, He that is weak shall renew his strength like an Eagle, and shall not be faint, Isa. 40.31. and thus they are said to be blessed that hunger and thirst after Righteousness because they shall be satisfied, Mat. 5. and by the Prophet Zechary, He that is feeble shall be like David, and David like an Angel of God, Zech. 12.8. So that the meanest Christian may lift up his head with joy, for though thou art infirm, yet a glorious promise of strength is made unto thee.
6. To those that are weak God hath made glorious promises for the encrease of their grace; Thus the Prophet Isaiah, He that is weak shall renew his strength like an Eagle, and shall not be faint, Isa. 40.31. and thus they are said to be blessed that hunger and thirst after Righteousnesse because they shall be satisfied, Mat. 5. and by the Prophet Zechary, He that is feeble shall be like David, and David like an Angel of God, Zech. 12.8. So that the meanest Christian may lift up his head with joy, for though thou art infirm, yet a glorious promise of strength is made unto thee.
Lastly, God sanctifieth these weaknesses and infirmities unto them, So that they get more good by their weak grace then many times others do by their strong; It's better to be a babe in grace, fearing to fall, then a presumptuous man like Peter to think we shall always stand; God suffers even strong ones sometimes to be overcome by Philistines, that so they may fly out of themselves to the grace of God, and depend upon his power, Now the Sanctification of their weakness of graces lieth in this.