CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Name: CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
Author: Anthony Burgess

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 ...

Anthony Burgess d. 1664London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656

[31], 672 [i.e. 702], [24] p. · 465k words · Wing B5651 · ESTC R13734

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Sermon 38: Of the Excellency and Necessity of Believing in Christ as a Mediator; That it is accep…Sermon 38: Of the Excellency and Necessity of Beleeving in Christ as a Mediatour; That it is accep…

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2. They look upon Faith in Christ as easy, because they divide the Object, they take some things of Christ not whole Christ; They think it's only believing on him as a Saviour for pardon of sin; They do not choose him as a Lord to whom in all obedience they resign themselves; This is indeed the rock that splits many, tell them of believing in Christ, and they think that is only to rest for salvation, They attend not that it's the receiving of Christ for all the ends and purposes God sent him into the world; Now one main end besides our justification and salvation is our Sanctification; To redeem to himself a people zealous of good works, Tit. 2.14. To communicate his Spirit for to make holy as well as his merit to make happy.

2. They look upon Faith in Christ as easie, because they divide the Object, they take some things of Christ not whole Christ; They think it's only beleeving on him as a Saviour for pardon of sinne; They do not choose him as a Lord to whom in all obedience they resign themselves; This is indeed the rock that splits many, tell them of beleeving in Christ, and they think that is only to rest for salvation, They attend not that it's the receiving of Christ for all the ends and purposes God sent him into the world; Now one main end besides our justification and salvation is our Sanctification; To redeem to himself a people zealous of good works, Tit. 2.14. To communicate his Spirit for to make holy as well as his merit to make happy.

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Lastly, They think it easy because they never think on any qualifications which are required in those who partake of Christ; It's true, there are the Antecedent Conditions of merit or worth, Let that Popery be abandoned, but yet the Scripture tells who and what kind of persons they are that must claim an Interest in Christ, They are blessed that hunger and thirst, for such shall be satisfied, Mat. 5

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON XXXIX. Further showeth, How acceptable unto God it is to believe in Christ the Mediator; And setteth forth the dangerous Nature of Trusting in our own Righteousness.

SERMON XXXIX. Further sheweth, How acceptable unto God it is to beleeve in Christ the Mediatour; And setteth forth the dangerous Nature of Trusting in our own Righteousnesse.

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SERMON XXXIX. Further showeth, How acceptable unto God it is to believe in Christ the Mediator; And setteth forth the dangerous Nature of Trusting in our own Righteousness.

SERMON XXXIX. Further sheweth, How acceptable unto God it is to beleeve in Christ the Mediatour; And setteth forth the dangerous Nature of Trusting in our own Righteousnesse.