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 129: Of the Unity of Believers; Of the Cause and Nature of it; And what makes to the perfect…Sermon 129: Of the Ʋnity of Believers; Of the Cause and Nature of it; And what makes to the perfect…

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Now this is the last time our Saviour repeateth this particular of unity; for our Saviour doth in this prayer for believers four times repeat it, which demonstrateth his exceeding ardent affections for it, only every expression seemeth to rise higher then the former.

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The first is, That they may be one.

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2. That they may be one in us.

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3. That they may be one, even as we are one.

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4. That they may be made perfect in one, and this is here mentioned.

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