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

Sixthly, They are not of this world because they are members of Christ and incorporated into him; Now Christ himself was not of this world, nor was his Kingdom of this world, Joh. 18.36. he came not with any earthly, worldly advantages; Now the godly they are to be wholly conformed unto Christ; As Christ was so are they, They bear the Image of the heavenly, so that what life, what actions were by Christ the same they are exercised in, so that if we would follow the example of Christ, make him our pattern, as our Christianity obligeth us, then should we overcome the world, not only in the persecuting part of it, but the enticing part of it: The heart that is united to Christ finds more excellency and sweetness in him then in all the pleasures of the world, as we see by Paul.

Sixthly, They are not of this world because they are members of Christ and incorporated into him; Now Christ himself was not of this world, nor was his Kingdom of this world, Joh. 18.36. he came not with any earthly, worldly advantages; Now the godly they are to be wholly conformed unto Christ; As Christ was so are they, They bear the Image of the heavenly, so that what life, what actions were by Christ the same they are exercised in, so that if we would follow the example of Christ, make him our patern, as our Christianity obligeth us, then should we overcome the world, not only in the persecuting part of it, but the inticing part of it: The heart that is united to Christ findes more excellency and sweetnesse in him then in all the pleasures of the world, as we see by Paul.

Lastly, They are discovered not to be of the world because their life is a life of faith; The Just shall live by Faith, Rom. 1.17. We walk by faith and not by sense, 2 Cor. 5.7