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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 26: Of Heavenly Glory as opposed to Earthly; And how the hopes thereof earnestly sought and…
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SERMON XXVI. Of Heavenly Glory as opposed to Earthly; And how the hopes thereof earnestly sought and prayed for will comfort a man against the fear and in the midst, of all Trials and Afflictions.
THE next thing in order to be pursued is the nature of that glory which Christ prayed for; For Christ being near the bitterest part of his Cross, and seeing nothing but gall for him to drink, he comforteth and encourageth himself with that glory which is provided for him, and this makes him so earnest in prayer for it, where by the way we may see the arrogant presumption of those who hold they are above Prayer; They will give thanks to God as Angels do, but their perfection is such that they need not present Petitions in Prayer, what a Diabolical delusion is this, for Christ himself though he confessed no sin in Prayer, yet was not above Petitions, as we see in this Chapter, and if it were granted, which cannot be that they were so pure as to be without sin, yet they have not as yet glorified bodies, and therefore for that glory in heaven they ought to pray, but why do we meddle with these who indeed need prayer most, and that to see themselves deluded, and to be in a far more dangerous estate, then many other persons.