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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 122: Of the Glory which Christ communicates unto all his Disciples, even in this Life; And o…
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To understand this Doctrine Consider,
First, That the glory which Christ hath, as it is personally and subjectively his, 1so it's incommunicable;2 It's impossible that the glory which Christ hath personally should be made ours, for then we should be the only begotten Sons of God, then we should be Mediators and Saviours, which would be blasphemy for us to assume, but as God will not, nor indeed cannot communicate his glory unto a creature, so neither can nor will Christ communicate this glory as it's personally his unto us, but as it is with the Sun it communicates glorious light to the Stars, yet the Stars have not the subjective light of the Sun, so Christ though he do communicate of his glory to us, yet not as it's inherent in him, but in respect of the fruits thereof.
First, That the glory which Christ hath, as it is personally and subjectively his, 1so it's incommunicable;2 It's impossible that the glory which Christ hath personally should be made ours, for then we should be the only begotten Sons of God, then we should be Mediatours and Saviours, which would be blasphemy for us to assume, but as God will not, nor indeed cannot communicate his glory unto a creature, so neither can nor will Christ communicate this glory as it's personally his unto us, but as it is with the Sun it communicates glorious light to the Stars, yet the Stars have not the subjective light of the Sun, so Christ though he do communicate of his glory to us, yet not as it's inherent in him, but in respect of the fruits thereof.
- 1Consider▪