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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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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. That good which God is, it is an unmixed sincere good;1 He is so good that there is no trouble in him, for that is the imperfection of all earthly good things, as there is a drop of honey, so there is a drop of gall; Every Rose hath its thorn; If God gives thee any mercy in this life, yet still there is a sting as well as honey, so that no condition, no mercy hath every thing in it; Though they have this, yet they want another, and hence Solomon who gave himself to find out this Philosophers stone, to obtain an happiness if it could be in this world, yet upon experience he giveth this Motto of every thing, Vanity of vanities, all is vanity Eccl. 1.1. But do the Saints in heaven, who have had the experience of enjoying God, pass such a sentence upon that happiness ⟨p. 58⟩in heaven? Of this honey in the world we must not eat too much lest we surfeit; But there is fullness without nauseating; There is replenishing and yet always hungering, God is as much desired after millions of years as at the first moment in heaven; Hence this life is to be spent only in joy, in praises, and gladness of heart; Oh that we could affect our hearts more with this eternal life, it would be a great comfort in afflictions, and a quick spur to all duties.
2. That good which God is, it is an unmixed sincere good;1 He is so good that there is no trouble in him, for that is the imperfection of all earthly good things, as there is a drop of honey, so there is a drop of gall; Every Rose hath its thorn; If God gives thee any mercy in this life, yet still there is a sting as well as hony, so that no condition, no mercy hath every thing in it; Though they have this, yet they want another, and hence Solomon who gave himself to finde out this Philosophers stone, to obtain an happinesse if it could be in this world, yet upon experience he giveth this Motto of every thing, Vanity of vanities, all is vanity Eccl. 1.1. But do the Saints in heaven, who have had the experience of enjoying God, passe such a sentence upon that happinesse