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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 105: Of Justifying Faith, That it is a fiducial Recumbency on Christ.
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I shall now conclude this part which containeth the Qualification of the subject of Christs Prayer, That believe in Christ; And whereas Faith hath a twofold Object, either general, of which v. 21. or special; This last is meant here, of which much hath been said to clear the nature of it; I shall end at this time: And 1. I shall prove, that it's the duty of an humbled sinner to have such a fiducial recumbency on Christ, and that for the pardon of his sins in particular; It's not enough to believe that Christ will save sinners that repent and convert unto him, but they are to appropriate him to their own particular: To say with Thomas, My Lord, My God: Now that Faith is such a particular application of Christ, (whatsoever Papists and others gainsay) may appear from these Arguments amongst others.
I shall now conclude this part which containeth the Qualification of the subject of Christs Praier, That beleeve in Christ; And whereas Faith hath a twofold Object, either general, of which v. 21. or special; This last is meant here, of which much hath been said to clear the nature of it; I shall end at this time: And 1. I shall prove, that it's the duty of an humbled sinner to have such a fiducial recumbency on Christ, and that for the pardon of his sins in particular; It's not enough to believe that Christ will save sinners that repent and convert unto him, but they are to appropriate him to their own particular: To say with Thomas, My Lord, My God: Now that Faith is such a particular application of Christ, (whatsoever Papists and others gainsay) may appear from these Arguments amongst others.
1. From the names and Titles that believing in Christ hath, which do evidently denote more then a mere intellectual assent unto the promises, as true; They imply some cordial motions of the soul; The Names are these [Greek or Hebrew], which doth signify a confidence of the heart, and that which doth embolden the soul in the presence of God, yea, to this believing there is attributed [Greek or Hebrew], Rom. 5.1. Phil 3.3. This boasting must need be more then a bare apprehension in the mind; It's like Aaron's oil that descends from the head to other places also, [Greek or Hebrew]