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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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2. There were some things which Christ did, and they are made legally ours, God accounts us as if we had done them; Thus Christs Sufferings to take away the Curse of the Law, and his obedience to the Rule of the Law is made ours, he being our Surety, and therefore by his Obedience we are said to be made Righteous; His obeying the Law and suffering was not only for our good, as when he wrought Miracles and preached, but it was in our stead; Not as if we therefore were as righteous as Christ, or were Redeemers and Mediators, but we are the Subjects receiving of it.
2. There were some things which Christ did, and they are made legally ours, God accounts us as if we had done them; Thus Christs Sufferings to take away the Curse of the Law, and his obedience to the Rule of the Law is made ours, he being our Surety, and therefore by his Obedience we are said to be made Righteous; His obeying the Law and suffering was not only for our good, as when he wrought Miracles and preached, but it was in our stead; Not as if we therefore were as righteous as Christ, or were Redeemers and Mediatours, but we are the Subjects receiving of it.
3. There are glorious privileges which Christ hath, and he gives them to us also: We are Sons as well as he, we are co-heirs with him in glory, Rom. 8. We shall be glorified with him, we shall reign with him, we shall be raised up, and sit on Thrones of glory with him, We shall judge the world with him, yea, as he hath a Rod of Iron to break the Nations with, So the Saints shall have, Rev. 2.26, 27. Oh the enlarged affections we should have in this particular! Why do the people of God always go bowed down, afflicted with their own unworthiness and temptations! Oh give faith some breathing-place, go and meditate on this, The glory that Christ hath thou mayest claim it also; Is he the Son of God? Is he heir? Is he exalted to glory? Know that thou art thus also, and although Christ is in the possession of consummate glory, but thou art wrestling and toiling in a miserable world, yet as the Apostle argueth, if we shall not rise, then Christ is not risen,