A34165:432
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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These are the words of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are spoken by himself: and they are spoken of himself; though yet in a sober and modest sense they are applicable to all his Members: that which Christ here affirms, is that the presence of God was always with him, and this is first propounded, He that sent me is with me, and then it is amplified, and the Father hath not ⟨image 53⟩left me alone; and then thirdly, the reason of this is annexed, for I always do those things that please him.
THese are the words of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are spoken by himself: and they are spoken of himself; though yet in a sober and modest sence they are applicable to all his Members: that which Christ here affirms, is that the presence of God was always with him, and this is first propounded, He that sent me is with me, and then it is amplified, and the Father hath not ⟨image 53⟩left me alone; and then thirdly, the reason of this is annexed, for I always do those things that please him.
I shall speak but very little of the words as they do refer to Christ: he tells us where his Father was with him, he did not leave him alone in all the troubles and difficulties that he met withal in the finishing the great work of mans Redemption; still God was with him: It is true, there was a time when Christ was without the sensible manifestation of his Fathers presence, when he cried out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why, but yet even then in truth and in reality his Father did not leave him; for though he had not the evidences of his Fathers presence, yet he had the influences of his Fathers presence. It would take up much time to show you how in all particulars the Father was present with Christ; I will only speak this one word, and instance in this one thing, Gods assisting presence was always with him, both in his active, and also in his passive obedience; and indeed he had that work to do, and those miseries to suffer, that if God had left him, if he had not been mightily assisted by the Divine Nature, Christ as mere man, could neither have done, nor have suffered what he did; but the Father was with him, and to support him,