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Christ exalted
Christ exalted: in a sermon begun to be preached at Debenham in Suffolk, upon the 14. day of Febr. last, upon Coloss. 3. 11. / By Hanserd Knollys. Who was stoned out of the pulpit (as he was preaching) by a company of rude fellows, and poor women of that town; who were sent for, called together, and set on by a malignant high-constable, who lives in the same town. Also, another sermon, preached at Stradbrooke in Suffolk, the 13. day of Febr. last, concerning sanctification; upon Ephes. 1. 4.Christ exalted: in a sermon begun to be preached at Debenham in Suffolk, upon the 14. day of Febr. last, upon Coloss. 3. 11. / By Hanserd Knollys. Who was stoned out of the pulpit (as he was preaching) by a company of rude fellowes, and poor women of that town; who were sent for, called together, and set on by a malignant high-constable, who lives in the same town. Also, another sermon, preached at Stradbrooke in Suffolk, the 13. day of Febr. last, concerning sanctification; upon Ephes. 1. 4.
London, : s.n., Printed in the year, 1645
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COLLOS. 3.11. Christ is all, and in all.
The Apostle Paul, who was a chosen vessel unto the Lord, to bear his name before the Gentiles, Acts 9 15. wrote this Epistle to the Saints, and Faithful brethren in Christ, which were at Coloss, chap. 1. verse 2. And as the Ensign-bearer of His glorious Name displayed the Magnificency, and transcendent Excellency of Christ, in the words of the Text, Christ is all, and in all. And that he might lift up Christs All-sufficiency, he nullifies all other excellencies whatsoever, chap. 3. ver. 11 Where he gives the Colossians to understand, that the advantage of a Jew above a Gentile, the dignity of a Scythian, above a Barbarian, or the Immunities of a Freeman above a Bondslave, however esteemed amongst men, are nothing without Christ, who is all, and in all; These words have their dependence upon the exhortation unto Mortification, chap. 3. vers. 5. Which exhortation the Apostle pressed upon the Colossians, by telling them, vers. 9.10. they had put off the Old-Man with his deeds, & had put on the New-Man, &c. Where (that is) in which State of Regeneration, there is neither Greek, nor Jew, &c. But Christ is all, and in all. The lesson to be learned hence is this, to wit, Christ is all, and in all, in the New-Man.
THe Apostle Paul, who was a chosen vessell unto the Lord, to beare his name before the Gentiles, Acts 9 15. wrote this Epistle to the Saints, and Faithfull brethren in Christ, which were at Colosse, chap. 1. verse 2. And as the Ensigne-bearer of His glorious Name displayed the Magnificency, and transcendent Excellencie of Christ, in the words of the Text, Christ is all, and in all. And that he might lift up Christs All-sufficiencie, he nullifies all other excellencies whatsoever, chap. 3. ver. 11 Where he gives the Colossians to understand, that the advantage of a Jew above a Gentile, the dignity of a Scythian, above a Barbarian, or the Immunities of a Freeman above a Bondslave, however esteemed amongst men, are nothing without Christ, who is all, and in all; These words have their dependance upon the exhortation unto Mortification, chap. 3. vers. 5. Which exhortation the Apostle pressed upon the Colossians, by telling them, vers. 9.10. they had put off the Old-Man with his deeds, & had put on the New-Man, &c. Where (that is) in which State of Regeneration, there is neither Greek, nor Jew, &c. But Christ is all, and in all. The lesson to be learned hence is this, to wit, Christ is all, and in all, in the New-Man.