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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 XXIX. Of Divine Knowledge, its Excellency and Rarity; Showing, That God is truly and properly known only by the Godly; And wherein their Knowledge of God differs from the Knowledge that others have of him.
SERMON XXIX. Of Divine Knowledge, its Excellency and Rarity; Shewing, That God is truely and properly known onely by the Godly; And wherein their Knowledge of God differs from the Knowledge that others have of him.
JOH. 17.6. I have manifested thy Name unto the men thou gavest me out of the world, &c.
This sixth Verse begins the second main general part of Christs Petition, for whereas before he had prayed for himself, now he begins to pray for his Disciples, as they were in a peculiar manner given to him, as afterwards he prayeth for all believers in the general, so that the words are a beginning of Christs Petition in a peculiar manner, for the Apostles, for they needed much prayer and assistance who were to undertake so great a duty; These were set in the forefront of the Battle, These were called to labour in the heat of the day, therefore there is a peculiar prayer for them: Now that our Saviours Petition may prevail, he first declareth what he had done to them, and 2. Their obedience to him in all things, what he had done to them is partly related in these words, I have manifested thy Name: wherein first observe the person or efficient cause spoken of, Christ manifested Gods Name to his Disciples, Therefore he was [Greek or Hebrew]: Christ is not to be considered only as a Mediator, in which none can imitate him but as a Minister or Prophet, The chief Shepherd, Heb. 13.20. as the Scripture calls him, and herein he discharged his duty in that he manifested and made known God to the world, which lay in ignorance, So that the Ministers duty is to bring people to know God, but of that in its time. 2. There is the action it self, of this person or efficient, I have manifested.