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 39: Further showeth, How acceptable unto God it is to believe in Christ the Mediator; And…Sermon 39: Further sheweth, How acceptable unto God it is to beleeve in Christ the Mediatour; And…

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4. Faith in Christ as a Mediator is well-pleasing, because by this we also are enabled to all obedience, to all duties of mortification and holiness, so that this Faith which receiveth Christ as a Mediator▪ receiveth him in his fullness of grace as an head, and thereby we have strength and ability to every thing that is ⟨p. 218⟩holy, Act. 15. purifying their hearts by Faith; That implieth both our Justification and our Sanctification; Hence we are said to be in the Olive Tree, viz. Christ. and to receive of the fatness thereof by Faith, Rom. 11. Thus all Believers they are branches in Christ the Vine, Joh. 15. So that you see there is great reason why Faith in Christ as a Mediator should be preserved, because that enableth to all lively and active Obedience, Heb. 11. You see it was Faith that put all those Worthies upon such notable Obedience; And when Christ prayed for Peter, he prayed that his Faith might not fail him, Luk. 22.32. why not his courage and boldness, but because Faith is the root of all; So that in Christianity we by Faith in Christ come to be holy and then believe in Christ, Per fidem venitur ad opera, non per opera, ad fidem; Insomuch that it's a gross mistake in the people of God when they think to attain to such a degree of Repentance and mortification, and then they would believe in Christ, whereas by Faith in Christ and coming to him they would have strength to such duties; Thou dost as if the branch separated from the Vine should think thereby to grow and flourish.

4. Faith in Christ as a Mediatour is well-pleasing, because by this we also are enabled to all obedience, to all duties of mortification and holinesse, so that this Faith which receiveth Christ as a Mediatour▪ receiveth him in his fulnesse of grace as an head, and thereby we have strength and ability to every thing that is ⟨p. 218⟩

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

SERMON XL. Further setteth forth the Excellency and Necessity of pressing the Doctrine of Faith in Christ the Mediator, and of our being affected with it, And invites the greatest Sinners to come unto him for Salvation.

SERMON XL. Further setteth forth the Excellency and Necessity of pressing the Doctrine of Faith in Christ the Mediatour, and of our being affected with it, And invites the greatest Sinners to come unto him for Salvation.

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SERMON XL. Further setteth forth the Excellency and Necessity of pressing the Doctrine of Faith in Christ the Mediator, and of our being affected with it, And invites the greatest Sinners to come unto him for Salvation.

SERMON XL. Further setteth forth the Excellency and Necessity of pressing the Doctrine of Faith in Christ the Mediatour, and of our being affected with it, And invites the greatest Sinners to come unto him for Salvation.