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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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As in the first place, Though Justification be alike, yet their Sanctification is not, one is made more holy then another; That as one Star differs from another in glory, so one Christian from another in grace; Hence some are called babes, others strong men, Some are called carnal comparatively, others spiritual, Some are said to be perfect not absolutely but respectively; It's true, all the people of God are truly sanctified, one is sanctified as well as another, aequè but not aequalitèr, only the measure and degree is very different; Not that he who hath more may advance his power, and attribute glory to himself; No, What hast thou that thou hast not received? Not only the essence of grace but every degree thereof is from the grace of God; Therefore he that prayed, help my unbelief, Mar. 9.24 argued that he could not have one degree of faith by his own power, only Christ must bestow it on him.
As in the first place, Though Justification be alike, yet their Sanctification is not, one is made more holy then another; That as one Starre differs from another in glory, so one Christian from another in grace; Hence some are called babes, others strong men, Some are called carnal comparatively, others spiritual, Some are said to be perfect not absolutely but respectively; It's true, all the people of God are truly sanctified, one is sanctified as well as another, aequè but not aequalitèr, only the measure and degree is very different; Not that he who hath more may advance his power, and attribute glory to himself; No, What hast thou that thou hast not received? Not only the essence of grace but every degree thereof is from the grace of God; Therefore he that praied, help my unbelief, Mar. 9.24 argued that he could not have one degree of faith by his own power, only Christ must bestow it on him.
2. As sanctifying grace is very differently given to believers, so those common gifts which are for service, Christ giveth them in much variety,