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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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1Thirdly, Hence it is that there is no cause of doubt to be made by the people of God, whether God the Father will accept of Christs Mediation for them, for it is as amongst men; as if he should offer to lay down a sufficient prize to redeem such a captive, considering that all this agreement came originally from the Father; So that Christ saith, The Father gave him these to he a Mediator to them, yea, that the Father loveth him, because he laid down his life for his Sheep: This followeth unquestionably, that whom Christ presents to his Father, the Father will not refuse; Oh then stand and admire at the felicity which the Scripture hath assured thee of; Those whom Christ brings to the Father, it was his will and antecedent purpose that Christ should mediate, and is there any doubt then whether God the Father will embrace thee or no?
1Thirdly, Hence it is that there is no cause of doubt to be made by the people of God, whether God the Father will accept of Christs Mediation for them, for it is as amongst men; as if he should offer to lay down a sufficient prize to redeem such a captive, considering that all this agreement came originally from the Father; So that Christ saith, The Father gave him these to he a Mediatour to them, yea, that the Father loveth him, because he laid down his life for his Sheep: This followeth unquestionably, that whom Christ presents to his Father, the Father will not refuse; Oh then stand and admire at the felicity which the Scripture hath assured thee of; Those whom Christ brings to the Father, it was his will and antecedent purpose that Christ should mediate, and is there any doubt then whether God the Father will embrace thee or no?
- 13. No cause to doubt of Gods accepting of Christs Mediation.
1Fourthly, Those whom the Father giveth to Christ, that they may know this mercy by the effects of it, shall assuredly one time or other find this glorious work upon them, that they shall come to Christ. Though their temptations be never so great, their oppositions never so many, Though of all men in the world you would think such were the farthest off from Christ, yet