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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 21: Of Gods being Glorified by Mans Salvation; That Christs chief end in what he did for ma…
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1. Not himself, hence Joh. 8. I seek not my own glory but the glory of him that sent me; It's true, he is said to have an eye to the end of his sufferings, Heb. 11. and the Scripture makes his exaltation a consequent of his humiliation, yet this was not chiefest in his thoughts: The name and glory God gave him exalting him above every great thing, was not principally regarded by him, but the glory of God: So that by this we see how precious the glory of God should be to us, how deer in our esteem; When we see Christ preferring it above his own glory; The aim that Christ had did arise from that love and zeal he had to God, for none can refer all things to Gods glory who do not love him above all things, who do not give him the preheminency in every thing: One said, Fiat justitia & ruat mundus, Let the glory of God be exalted though the whole world be ruined thereby, as love to God, so purity of intentions, and an excellent rectitude of the heart is requisite, else self-love and self-respect will be more prevalent then Gods glory.
1. Not himself, hence Joh. 8. I seek not my own glory but the glory of him that sent me; It's true, he is said to have an eye to the end of his sufferings, Heb. 11. and the Scripture makes his exaltation a consequent of his humiliation, yet this was not chiefest in his thoughts: The name and glory God gave him exalting him above every great thing, was not principally regarded by him, but the glory of God: So that by this we see how precious the glory of God should be to us, how deer in our esteem; When we see Christ preferring it above his own glory; The aim that Christ had did arise from that love and zeal he had to God, for none can referre all things to Gods glory who do not love him above all things, who do not give him the preheminency in every thing: One said, Fiat justitia & ruat mundus, Let the glory of God be exalted though the whole world be ruined thereby, as love to God, so purity of intentions, and an excellent rectitude of the heart is requisite, else self-love and self-respect will be more prevalent then Gods glory.