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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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1Therefore Fourthly, No service or works that we have done are any ways meritorious, or have any causal influence upon our Salvation: It's very hard to preach the necessity of all holy and good works, and not presently to look on them as merits and causes of Salvation; but we see the Scripture doth both, and therefore we are to reconcile them in our practise; To be zealous of good works, yet to rely only on Christs merits; It's not my purpose here to give you several grounds why the best holy action we do comes short of all kind of merit; It's enough to inform you Rom. 4. that believing and working are opposed, and so works and grace, and indeed to hold the fullness of Christs merits, and yet to plead our own, is to think that the light of the Sun is not able to make perfect day, unless we light a candle also; There cannot be any more two meritorious causes of salvation, then there can be two ⟨p. 105⟩Suns in the Orb; Christ will not have a copartner under any distinction whatsoever in the work of our Redemption; As for the doctrine or thoughts of perfection, let those be abandoned, Let us walk humbly, and lowly under our imperfections, yet breathing after perfection.
1Therefore Fourthly, No service or works that we have done are any waies meritorious, or have any causal influence upon our Salvation: It's very hard to preach the necessity of all holy and good works, and not presently to look on them as merits and causes of Salvation; but we see the Scripture doth both, and therefore we are to reconcile them in our practise; To be zealous of good works, yet to rely only on Christs merits; It's not my purpose here to give you several grounds why the best holy action we do comes short of all kinde of merit; It's enough to inform you Rom. 4. that beleeving and working are opposed, and so works and grace, and indeed to hold the fulnesse of Christs merits, and yet to pleade our own, is to think that the light of the Sun is not able to make perfect day, unlesse we light a candle also; There cannot be any more two meritorious causes of salvation, then there can be two ⟨p. 105⟩