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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 22: Of Christs finishing the work he undertook, with the End and Properties of it, and the…
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12. There was a holy and admirable agreement between God the Father and the Son, to be a Mediator for those his Father had given him. Hence it is that he saith so often his Father had sent him, and I came to do the will of him that sent me. Although the Covenant of grace be made with believers, yet there was a previous and antecedent Covenant or agreement between the Father and the Son to be a Mediator, and the agreement was, that if Christ would lay down his life for such, then the Father would give them to him as his seed and glorify them, as also reward him with all honour and glory. That Christ was rewarded with all honour, appeareth, Phil. 2. and in other places, and that because of his work done as a Mediator; and that he had a seed given him, appeareth, in that it's said, he should see of his seed and be satisfied, Isa. 53.11. The Arminian doctrine therefore that holds an Universal Redemption in imputation only, and not application, maketh it possible that his soul might be in all that travel, and yet he not be satisfied, for not one might be saved. There was then this admirable agreement between the Father and the Son transacted in heaven, they were purposing good to believers, even before they had a being, or could have any desires for their own good.
12. There was a holy and admirable agreement between God the Father and the Sonne, to be a Mediator for those his Father had given him. Hence it is that he saith so often his Father had sent him, and I came to do the will of him that sent me. Although the Covenant of grace be made with beleevers, yet there was a previous and antecedent Covenant or agreement between the Father and the Sonne to be a Mediator, and the agreement was, that if Christ would lay down his life for such, then the Father would give them to him as his seed and glorifie them, as also reward him with all honour and glory. That Christ was rewarded with all honour, appeareth, Phil. 2. and in other places, and that because of his work done as a Mediator; and that he had a seed given him, appeareth, in that it's said, he should see of his seed and be satisfied,