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 1: The Necessity of adding Prayer to Preaching for its good effect: Showing also what kind…Sermon 1: The Necessity of adding Prayer to Preaching for its good effect: Shewing also what kind…

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It's the very definition of prayer, that it's Elevatio mentis ad Deum, ¹The lifting up of the mind, and of the whole soul to God; To pray is a far more difficult and noble exercise then most are aware of; It's not the running over a few words like a Parrot, but the soul is then to be on the Mount of Transfiguration: There must be many things meeting together ere thy prayer be an heavenly Prayer: It's good to set this home, for prayer is the universal Instrument of all thy good, if that be blunted or unprofitable, all is marred; If a poor man that liveth by his handy labour hath marred his tools that he cannot work by them, how shall he subsist? Prayer is the Key to open heaven, if that be empty and unprofitable, how canst thou be replenished? You ask, and pray, and have not; Jam. 4.2. No sins are removed, no spiritual mercies are bestowed on thee, and all because thy prayer is not heavenly;² Now these things make an heavenly Prayer.

It's the very definition of praier, that it's Elevatio mentis ad Deum, ¹The lifting up of the minde, and of the whole soul to God; To pray is a farre more difficult and noble exercise then most are aware of; It's not the running over a few words like a Parrot, but the soul is then to be on the Mount of Transfiguration: There must be many things meeting together ere thy praier be an heavenly Praier: It's good to set this home, for praier is the universall Instrument of all thy good, if that be blunted or unprofitable, all is marred; If a poor man that liveth by his handy labour hath marred his tools that he cannot work by them, how shall he subsist? Praier is the Key to open heaven, if that be empty and unprofitable, how canst thou be replenished? You ask, and pray, and have not; Jam. 4.2. No sins are removed, no spirituall mercies are bestowed on thee, and all because thy praier is not heavenly;² Now these things make an heavenly Praier.

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON II. The transcendent Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Prayer (in respect of the matter and nature thereof, as being Mediatory, his Person and Relation, &c.) held forth as a ground of unspeakable comfort to Believers.

SERMON II. The transcendent Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Praier (in respect of the matter and nature thereof, as being Mediatory, his Person and Relation, &c.) held forth as a ground of unspeakable comfort to Beleevers.

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SERMON II. The transcendent Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Prayer (in respect of the matter and nature thereof, as being Mediatory, his Person and Relation, &c.) held forth as a ground of unspeakable comfort to Believers.

SERMON II. The transcendent Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Praier (in respect of the matter and nature thereof, as being Mediatory, his Person and Relation, &c.) held forth as a ground of unspeakable comfort to Beleevers.