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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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First implied, That whatsoever Christ had as Mediator he had it not for himself but in reference to us.
First implied, That whatsoever Christ had as Mediatour he had it not for himself but in reference to us.
2. That this was wholly of Gods will and appointment that he should have for us.
3. That it's our duty to believe in and receive him thus appointed by God, And all these particulars will be accounted sweeter then the honeycomb to the empty hungry soul, that finds it self undone without Christ; Though to those ⟨p. 193⟩who are full of their sins or their own righteousness this very honeycomb is loathsome; Oh then that this Truth might overtake you that hear it, as David did the poor fainting famished Amalekite, to whom those clusters of Raisins he gave were so reviving, if with Jonathan you taste but a little of this honey, your eyes will be enlightened.
3. That it's our duty to beleeve in and receive him thus appointed by God, And all these particulars will be accounted sweeter then the honeycomb to the empty hungry soul, that findes it self undone without Christ; Though to those ⟨p. 193⟩who are full of their sins or their own righteousnesse this very honeycomb is lothsome; Oh then that this Truth might overtake you that hear it, as David did the poor fainting famished Amalekite, to whom those clusters of Raisins he gave were so reviving, if with Jonathan you taste but a little of this honey, your eyes will be enlightned.