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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 23: Of a Holy Working Life, the Excellency, Equity, and Necessity thereof in order to Glory.
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1. It must be an heavenly glory, such as God approveth of, Glorify thou me with thy own self; This may be spoken exclusively to all humane glory which he regarded not, or else in opposition to his work, he had done, I have finished thy work on earth, and now let me have my reward in heaven: 3. From an external adjunct, It's the glory which he had before the world was; That admits of some difficulty to be dispatched in its proper place. Lastly, There is the causal inference from what was said before, and now Father glorify me; this is a causal conclusion from the work finished by Christ, and of this because first in order at this time; And now glorify me, as if he had said, Hitherto I have been finishing my work, all the while I was doing that I looked for no reward, I expected no glory, but now all is completed, I pray for and expect the glory due unto me, From whence observe,
1. It must be an heavenly glory, such as God approveth of, Glorifie thou me with thy own self; This may be spoken exclusively to all humane glory which he regarded not, or else in opposition to his work, he had done, I have finished thy work on earth, and now let me have my reward in heaven: 3. From an external adjunct, It's the glory which he had before the world was; That admits of some difficulty to be dispatched in its proper place. Lastly, There is the causall inference from what was said before, and now Father glorifie me; this is a causall conclusion from the work finished by Christ, and of this because first in order at this time; And now glorifie me, as if he had said, Hitherto I have been finishing my work, all the while I was doing that I looked for no reward, I expected no glory, but now all is completed, I pray for and expect the glory due unto me, From whence observe,
That as Christ, so all the people of God when they have finished their work, 1and not till then, may look for and desire the glory prepared for them, 2 Tim. 4.8. Henceforth is laid up for me a Crown of Glory; Henceforth he expects, now his fight is over but not before.