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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 128: Of the Fathers being in Christ; Of both their being in Believers: And how that can be,…
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In this Position there are two distinct things, 1. That the Father is in Christ. 2. That by this means the Father is also, and abideth in us.
For the first, The Father is in Christ, and that in several respects:
1. In respect of the Divine Nature, for so the Father is in the Son, as in the ⟨p. 629⟩express Image, and representation of him, thus the Son is called, the Image of his Father, Col. 1.15. Heb. 1.3. For as the son of a natural father doth many times represent him in lineaments, colour and all deportments: Thus Christ also as the Son of God doth demonstrate the wisdom, power and holiness of his Father; Therefore Joh. 10. for the Father and Son to be one, is made the same, with the Father being in the Son, and the Son in the Father, for the Father is so in the Son, that he hath the same Nature, Essence and Attributes with him; and thus if the Son be in us, the Father also must be, because they are one.
1. In respect of the Divine Nature, for so the Father is in the Son, as in the ⟨p. 629⟩expresse Image, and representation of him, thus the Son is called, the Image of his Father, Col. 1.15.