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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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11. There is the word of Doctrine to be understood and believed, and so to keep his word, is to abhor all errors, all false doctrines, all unsound opinions, Those that are Christs Disciples are as tender about Gods truths as about his commands, as they would not willingly transgress a command, so neither err about the Truths of God; Hence Joh. 10. our Saviour doth at large show the true character of his Sheep, They will not hear a strangers voice, They will flee from a stranger, now who is a stranger? any one, though an Angel from heaven, that shall bring any thing that is contrary to the Scripture, whosoever shall obtrude that to be believed as a truth which is not in the word of God, this man is a stranger, his doctrine is strange doctrine, the sheep of Christ will not hear it; Oh then let the Disciples of Christ show their truth ⟨p. 183⟩and solidity of grace in this, that they dare not receive errors or heresies; Oh what pity is it that thou who art tender about the commands of God wouldst not commit a sin for a world, sh•u•d•t be large and wanton in thy understanding about the Truths of God, Remember it's his word, and so thou art to keep sound doctrine by a pure faith as well as his Commandments by upright obedience, and the reason is plain partly because the same God commands both, There is his authority upon truths to be revealed as well as precepts to be obeyed; God commands the captivity of your understanding as well as of your affections, and partly because the true doctrine of God only is instrumental to holiness, a man will never be godly by believing any error, Joh. 19. Sanctify them by thy Truth thy Word is Truth, so that as in the use of Superstitious customs, Popish Sacraments, a man can never receive true grace because Gods promise and his efficacy will go only together, thus, the more errors thou believest, the more carnal thou wilt grow, God will never bless a lie, chaff and poison shall never be true and good nourishing meat.