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

The Argument urged by our Saviour in the Text, is, he had given that glory to them which the Father had given him, so that we may take the particle [Greek or Hebrew] causally for, the glory thou gavest me, I have given, viz. in purpose and decree, to such as shall believe; All the difficulty is, what is that glory which Christ receiving of the Father giveth to believers, Some Learned men expound it of the Glory of the Apostleship, and working of miracles, and they make the sense to be thus, The glory thou gavest me to give, I have given them; As Christ is said out of the Psalmist to receive gifts for men; Now because he received them to give, The Apostle Eph. 4. allegeth it as giving gifts to men, the Consequent being put for the Antecedent; But this cannot be received because our Saviour is now praying for all believers in all successive ages, and not the Apostles only. Others by glory do understand immortality, and that state of happiness hereafter; But to understand it aright we must know that the word glory when attributed to God is of a very large signification, but more particularly when God doth by any works in a more remarkable manner declare his goodness, wisdom, omnipotency, &c. then he is said to give his glory, Ezek. 39.21. Eze. 26.20. In the New Testament when we read of Christs Glory we may Consider of

The Argument urged by our Saviour in the Text, is, he had given that glory to them which the Father had given him, so that we may take the particle 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 causally for, the glory thou gavest me, I have given, viz. in purpose and decree, to such as shall beleeve; All the difficulty is, what is that glory which Christ receiving of the Father giveth to believers, Some Learned men expound it of the Glory of the Apostleship, and working of miracles, and they make the sence to be thus, The glory thou gavest me to give, I have given them; As Cbrist is said out of the Psalmist to receive gifts for men; Now because he received them to give, The Apostle Eph. 4. alledgeth it as giving gifts to men, the Consequent being put for the Antecedent; But this cannot be received because our Saviour is now praying for all beleevers in all successive ages, and not the Apostles only. Others by glory do understand immortality, and that state of happinesse hereafter; But to understand it aright we must know that the word glory when attributed to God is of a very large signification, but more particularly when God doth by any works in a more remarkable manner declare his goodnesse, wisedom, omnipotency, &c. then he is said to give his glory,