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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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Use 2 Use 2. of Direction to people, That they would be like those noble Bereans, examine the ground of their faith and obedience, Do not offer a Sacrifice without eyes? Blind obedience is contrary to that command, offer up your selves a reasonable Sacrifice, or a Sacrifice according to the Word, as some expound, Rom. 12 1. There are dangerous Sirens that would entice you out of this way, we are apt to judge that a duty that most do, not which God commands, we think a multitude will dispense against a precept, when yet Gods express charge is, Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil, Exod. 23.2. The very heathen could say, Argumentum pessimi turba: Again, we are apt to judge of duty by our interest and engagements, as our Education, Safety, and Profits lead us; Whereas we should say to our hearts in such cases as Christ to Peter, Get thee behind me Satan.
Ʋse 2 Ʋse 2. of Direction to people, That they would be like those noble Bereans, examine the ground of their faith and obedience, Do not offer a Sacrifice without eyes? Blinde obedience is contrary to that command, offer up your selves a reasonable Sacrifice, or a Sacrifice according to the Word, as some expound, Rom. 12 1. There are dangerous Syrens that would in•ice you out of this way, we are apt to judge that a duty that most do, not which God commands, we think a multitude will dispense against a precept, when yet Gods expresse charge is, Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil, Exod. 23.2. The very heathen could say, Argumentum pessimi turba: Again, we are apt to judge of duty by our interest and engagements, as our Education, Safety, and Profits leade us; Whereas we should say to our hearts in such cases as Christ to Peter, Get thee behinde me Satan.
We come to the second Observation, the object of Obedience is described in the plural number, Thy words thou hast given me, They did not neglect or break any wilfully, They looked upon all as precious gold wherein the least Oe is not to be lost.