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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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3. He keeps Gods Word that receiveth it with his whole heart and soul; That thinketh it not enough to hear it,1 to remember it, to write it or repeat it, but to have it implanted in his heart, and thereby to turn all his heart and affections into it; That he may be a living Bible, or the Word of God in lively practise, as the Apostle saith the Corinthians were his Epistle to be read and seen of all men, 2 Cor. 3.2. so should you be the Bible to be read and seen of all men; This is powerfully to be pressed on you; That you be even the Bible of God to be read and seen of men; This is the good and honest heart that retaineth the Word, for if the Word be superficially received only, it will nor transform the whole man into its likeness; The fire must have time, and then it will make even the hardest, coldest Iron like it; This is represented by the Parable of the Leaven, Mat. 13.33. hid in three pecks of meal, There must be time ere the Leaven can diffuse it's power; David expressed this well when he aid, He had hid the Word of God in his heart, Psa. 119.11. Oh then if thou wouldst have this propriety in God, see how close and inward this Word is received into thee; ⟨p. 185⟩If it be the bread of life it's not enough to have it in the mouth, no, nor stomach, but it must be digested, and so made the very flesh and blood of a man.
3. He keeps Gods Word that receiveth it with his whole heart and soul; That thinketh it not enough to hear it,1 to remember it, to write it or repeat it, but to have it implanted in his heart, and thereby to turn all his heart and affections into it; That he may be a living Bible, or the Word of God in lively practise, as the Apostle saith the Corinthians were his Epistle to be read and seen of all men, 2 Cor. 3.2. so should you be the Bible to be read and seen of all men; This is powerfully to be pressed on you; That you be even the Bible of God to be read and seen of men; This is the good and honest heart that retaineth the Word, for if the Word be superficially received only, it will nor transform the whole man into its likenesse; The fire must have time, and then it will make even the hardest, coldest Iron like it; This is represented by the Parable of the Leven,