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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Sermon 123: Practical Conclusions from the fore-going Doctrine.Sermon 123: Practicall Conclusions from the fore-going Doctrine.

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Lastly, There is no true glory without Christ, because in times of afflictions and tribulations, he only gives occasion to glory. Rom. 5. We glory in tribulation; and Peter saith, While we suffer for righteousness sake, the Spirit of glory resteth upon us, 1 Pet. 3.14. What then will thy outward glory avail in the time of Gods wrath, when he shall set thy sins in order before thee, he will make all thy desirable things to perish? When Belshazzar is smitten with trembling for his sins, he finds little glory in his stately Palace, in his golden cups he was carousing in: Oh then prize such a glory that will bear up thy heart in the saddest extremities!¹

Lastly, There is no true glory without Christ, because in times of afflictions and tribulations, he only gives occasion to glory. Rom. 5. We glory in tribulation; and Peter saith, While we suffer for righteousnesse sake, the Spirit of glory resteth upon us, 1 Pet. 3.14. What then will thy outward glory avail in the time of Gods wrath, when he shall set thy sins in order before thee, he will make all thy desirable things to perish? When Belshazzar is smitten with trembling for his sins, he findes little glory in his stately Palace, in his golden cups he was carousing in: Oh then prize such a glory that will bear up thy heart in the saddest extremities!¹

1Corollary II. That the meanest Christian surpasses Solomon in all his glory.

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A second Corollary is, That the meanest Christian united to Christ, though never so contemptible, yet is surpassing Solomon in all his glory. Every believer, if you look upon him spiritually, is more glorious then the greatest Potentates

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

SERMON CXXIV. That Jesus Christ though God Co-equal with the Father, had many things given him by the Father; And how that can be?

SERMON CXXIV. That Jesus Christ though God Co-equall with the Father, had many things given him by the Father; And how that can be?

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SERMON CXXIV. That Jesus Christ though God Co-equal with the Father, had many things given him by the Father; And how that can be?

SERMON CXXIV. That Jesus Christ though God Co-equall with the Father, had many things given him by the Father; And how that can be?