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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1Now what is the Spirit of the world, even a judgement and wisdom to discern only worldly things, to see the necessity of them, the excellency of them; To be wholly affected with them, To meditate on them day and night; But the godly they have received the Spirit of God whereby they savour and discern spiritual things; They have hearts always depending upon God, and they have hearts wholly fixed and placed upon God, They see incomparable excellency in heavenly things above all earthly; They say with David, My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to God at all times, Psa. 119.20. They cry out, As the Hart panteth after the water-brooks, so do our souls after thee O God, Psa. 41.1. Thus when God calleth a man out of the world he giveth him another Spirit, even an heavenly heart, he was a beast before, now he is like an Angel; He did formerly no more understand or discern spiritual things then the deaf ear doth melodious sounds; They were a wearisomeness, a burden to him, but now they are his delight.
1Now what is the Spirit of the world, even a judgement and wisedom to discern only worldly things, to see the necessity of them, the excellency of them; To be wholly affected with them, To meditate on them day and night; But the godly they have received the Spirit of God whereby they savour and discern spiritual things; They have hearts alwaies depending upon God, and they have hearts wholly fixed and placed upon God, They see incomparable excellency in heavenly things above all earthly; They say with David, My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to God at all times, Psa. 119.20. They cry out, As the Hart panteth after the water-brooks, so do our souls after thee O God, Psa. 41.1. Thus when God calleth a man out of the world he giveth him another Spirit, even an heavenly heart, he was a beast before, now he is like an Angel; He did formerly no more understand or discern spiritual things then the deaf ear doth melodious sounds; They were a wearisomnesse, a burden to him, but now they are his delight.