CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Name: CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
Author: Anthony Burgess

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 ...

Anthony Burgess d. 1664London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656

[31], 672 [i.e. 702], [24] p. · 465k words · Wing B5651 · ESTC R13734

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I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.Showeth why God continueth his children in this world of sin and sorrow, and doth not take them immediately to Heaven? and also how far 'tis lawful for a man to pray for, or desire to be taken out of this world. SERM. LXXXVI. That 'tis a greater mercy to be kept from sin and all evil in our afflictions and troubles, than from the afflictions themselves. ⟨image 12⟩SERM. LXXXVII. That God hath determined a precise time to every particular man in the world, how long he shall live. SERM. LXXXVIII. JOHN 17.16. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.The Heavenly man much improved by much considering that he is not of this world. SERM. LXXXIX. JOHN 17.17. Sanctify them through thy Truth, thy Word is Truth.Of Growth in Grace, Showing that, and how many ways a Godly man may be sanctified. SERM. XC. The Contraries of Growth in Grace. A Comfortable Advertisement to such as mourn under their sense of not Growing; with Reasons of the Necessity of Growing in Grace. SERM. XCI. Of the Causes of Sanctification, and in particular of God, as the Instrumental Cause. SERM. XCII. Of the Truth of the Scriptures. SERM. XCIII. The transcendent Properties of the Scripture. SERM. XCIV. JOHN 17.18. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I sent them into the world.How requisite a sound mind and a holy life are to a Minister of the Gospel; and Christs peculiar love to, and care of such. ⟨image 12⟩SERM. XCV. Of Christs Mission to the Office of a Mediator. SERM. XCVI. Of the public Office of the Ministry, some distinctions concerning it, and the Necessity of a lawful Call thereunto; Also showing wherein private Christians should exercise their Gifts, both ordinarily and in extraordinary Cases. SERM. XCVII. That the Scripture appoints a distinct Office of the Ministry: Showeth wherein the Call to the Ministry consists, and that none may enter into that Office without an Authoritative Mission, also what the Ministry of Preaching is, and whether Reading be Preaching. SERM. XCVIII.

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

CXLVI SERMONS Upon the whole Seventeenth Chapter of the Gospel by St JOHN.

SERMON I. The Necessity of adding Prayer to Preaching for its good effect: Showing also what kind of cause the Word is of Conversion; And what are the requisites of Heavenly and Spiritual Prayer.

SERMON I. The Necessity of adding Prayer to Preaching for its good effect: Shewing also what kinde of cause the Word is of Conversion; And what are the requisites of Heavenly and Spirituall Prayer.

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CXLVI SERMONS Upon the whole Seventeenth Chapter of the Gospel by St JOHN.

SERMON I. The Necessity of adding Prayer to Preaching for its good effect: Showing also what kind of cause the Word is of Conversion; And what are the requisites of Heavenly and Spiritual Prayer.

SERMON I. The Necessity of adding Prayer to Preaching for its good effect: Shewing also what kinde of cause the Word is of Conversion; And what are the requisites of Heavenly and Spirituall Prayer.