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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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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.
4. The preciousness and dignity of it;1 The Word of God is full of heavenly and supernatural excellency, especially the Gospel, or the will of God revealed for the salvation of man, Oh how welcome must these glad tidings be to the ⟨p. 186⟩troubled sinner that hath received the sentence of condemnation upon his soul, Christ with his benefits discovered are the only treasure to a tender broken heart; The Scriptures they are the Mine wherein this treasure is to be found; They are the Field wherein this pearl is hid, To you that believe Christ is precious, 1 Pet. 2.7. and it must needs be so, for he is the Mediator between God and them, he hath fullness for all their wants and necessities; He is made wisdom, righteousness and sanctification, 1 Cor. 1. It's not what they are but what Christ is.
4. The preciousnesse and dignity of it;1 The Word of God is full of heavenly and supernatural excellency, especially the Gospel, or the will of God revealed for the salvation of man, Oh how welcome must these glad tidings be to the ⟨p. 186⟩troubled sinner that hath received the sentence of condemnation upon his soul, Christ with his benefits discovered are the onely treasure to a tender broken heart; The Scriptures they are the Mine wherein this treasure is to be found; They are the Field wherein this pearl is hid, To you that beleeve Christ is precious, 1 Pet. 2.7. and it must needs be so, for he is the Mediatour between God and them, he hath fulnesse for all their wants and necessities; He is made wisedome, righteousnesse and sanctification, 1 Cor. 1. It's not what they are but what Christ is.