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 127: Showeth something of the Nature, Manner, and Effects of Christs being in Believers.Sermon 127: Sheweth something of the Nature, Manner, and Effects of Christs being in Beleevers.

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¹I shall not enlarge on this Point further, But come we to the fruits and effects of Christs being in us; This is the great necessary thing to find that Christ is in us, for either the devil and sin live in us, we no longer live but sin and Satan, or else Christ and his Spirit are in us, and it's good to observe what are the Evidences and demonstrations of Christs being in us.

¹I shall not enlarge on this Point further, But come we to the fruits and effects of Christs being in us; This is the great necessary thing to finde that Christ is in us, for either the devil and sin live in us, we no longer live but sin and Satan, or else Christ and his Spirit are in us, and it's good to observe what are the Evidences and demonstrations of Christs being in us.

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1. In whomsoever Christ is, he is made a New Creature, old things are past away; It's high blasphemy to say Christ is in constant habitual wicked men, no 2 Cor. 5.17. If any be in Christ he is a new Creature; Now whosoever is in Christ, Christ is also in him, for they are mutual and reciprocal, if therefore thou livest in ignorance and profaneness, conclude assuredly that Christ is not in thee; It was the devil that entered into the Swine, and hurried them headlong into the Sea; Thus still the devil doth hurry many wicked men violently into Eternal perdition, and therefore our Saviour chargeth the Pharisees Joh. 6. That they were of their Father the devil, because they did his works; Thus if Christ be in thee thou wilt do the works of Christ, show forth the patience, the meekness, the zeal of Christ, if Christ be in thee ou wilt have a Christ-like operation, and therefore the godly are said to put on Christ,

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

SERMON CXXVIII. Of the Fathers being in Christ; Of both their being in Believers: And how that can be, and yet they not quite freed from Sin and Sorrow.

SERMON CXXVIII. Of the Fathers being in Christ; Of both their being in Believers: And how that can be, and yet they not quite freed from Sinne and Sorrow.

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SERMON CXXVIII. Of the Fathers being in Christ; Of both their being in Believers: And how that can be, and yet they not quite freed from Sin and Sorrow.

SERMON CXXVIII. Of the Fathers being in Christ; Of both their being in Believers: And how that can be, and yet they not quite freed from Sinne and Sorrow.