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 ...

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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 ...

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Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664.

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London :: Printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill ...,

1656.

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Bible. -- N.T. -- John XVII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Sermons, English -- 17th century.

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Contents

• title page
• TO The Christian READER.
• ERRATA.
• THE CONTENTS.
• notice
• SERMON I. The Necessity of adding Prayer to Preaching for its good effect: Shewing also what kinde of cause the Word is of Conversion; And what are the requisites of Heavenly and Spirituall Prayer.
• SERMON II. The transcendent Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Praier (in respect of the matter and nature thereof, as being Mediatory, his Person and Relation, &c.) held forth as a ground of un∣speakable comfort to Beleevers.
• SERMON III. Sheweth how prevalent the Praiers are that are poured out to God as a Father, And what dis∣position and frame of heart this compellation Fa∣ther may breed in every one that doth fervently pray to God.
• SERMON IV. Of Gods appointing an hour, a set time for the dis∣pensing his Mercies and Judgements, in refe∣rence to particular Persons, and his Church and Churches Enemies.
• SERMON V. Of the Nature and Manifestations of that Glory which Christ praied for, and is invested with; And how comfortable it is to all his Mem∣bers,
• SERMON VI. Of Heavenly mindednesse, Shewing that we should seek both Earthy and Heavenly blessings, chiefly for this end, viz. That God may be glo∣rified.
• SERMON VII. The Text Vindicated from Arians, Ʋbiquitari∣ans, and Papists: And the power and domi∣nion of Christ observ'd, and applied to the com∣fort of his Disciples, and terrour of his E∣nemies.
• SERMON VIII. The Effects and Appearances of the Kingly Power and Dominion of Christ.
• SERMON IX. Christ under the notion of a Head, applied to the Terrour of his Enemies and Comfort of his Members,
• SERMON X. Of Predestination, or Gods giving some of Man∣kinde to Christ (not all) for him to redeem; And what unspeakable Grounds of Comfort to Gods People flow from thence.
• SERMON XI. Treateth of Eternall Life in the Nature and Pro∣perties of it,
• SERMON XII. A Consideration of Eternal Life compared with this present life, And with its contrary, viz. Eternal Death.
• SERMON XIII. Weighty Considerations upon Eternity.
• SERMON XIV. The Necessity of Divine Knowledge, And Ar∣raignment of Ignorance.
• SERMON XV. More Reasons of the Necessity of Divine Knowledge; And the Causes of Igno∣rance,
• SERMON XVI. Sheweth what Saving Knowledge is in its Concomi∣tants and Effects.
• SERMON XVII. Of the Knowledge and Worship of the One true God: And the contrary thereto, viz. Ido∣latry.
• SERMON XVIII. The Necessity of the Knowledge of Christ Jesus as well as of God the Father.
• SERMON XIX. Sheweth how a Godly Life (though it merit no good) is a Ground of Comfort at the hour of Death.
• SERMON XX. Sheweth who they are that cannot at the close of their daies take comfort in this, That they have finished the work God gave them to do: As also what things, if not avoided, will much di∣minish the comfort of the Godly ones at that day.
• SERMON XXI. Of Gods being Glorified by Mans Salvation; That Christs chief end in what he did for man, was the Glory of God, which bespeaks both our Imitation and unspeakable Consolation.
• SERMON XXII. Of Christs finishing the work he undertook, with the End and Properties of it, and the great comfort of it to Beleevers.
• SERMON XXIII. Of a Holy Working Life, the Excellency, E∣quity, and Necessity thereof in order to Glory.
• SERMON XXIV. Of vain Tautology in Prayer; And what Re∣petitions in Prayer are such, and what not; Shewing also what things are absolutely necessary to a good Praier.
• SERMON XXV. Of the Promises, and of Prayer.
• SERMON XXVI. Of Heavenly Glory as opposed to Earthly; And how the hopes thereof earnestly sought and prayed for will comfort a man against the fear and in the midst, of all Trials and Affli∣ctions.
• SERMON XXVII. The Eternall Deity of Christ proved; And whence it comes to passe that there are any so vile as to deny it; Shewed also what sinnes doe much provoke God to give them up to such Blasphemy.
• SERMON XXVIII. Proveth, That the world was not from Eternity, but had its beginning in time; And redu∣ceth that Consideration into Practice.
• SERMON XXIX. Of Divine Knowledge, its Excellency and Rarity; Shewing, That God is truely and properly known onely by the Godly; And wherein their Knowledge of God differs from the Knowledge that others have of him.
• SERMON XXX. The Great End of the Ministery; And what should be the end of both Ministers and peo∣ple in their Preaching and hearing.
• SERMON XXXI. That Gods People are not of (though in) this world; Wherein is also shewed the vast difference between them and the men of the world.
• SERMON XXXII. Of the peculiar Propriety Gods People have in him and he in them.
• SERMON XXXIII. The truly Godly man onely is obedient to Gods Word: Or, The Great Character of a Chri∣stian.
• SERMON XXXIV. Of Growth in Grace, The Duty, Necessity, and Glory of it.
• SERMON XXXV. Of Faith in Christ the Mediatour sent of God, With the Ingredients or Concomitant Acts, of it.
• SERMON XXXVI. Of Obedience to all the Commandements of God, Shewing, That that only is truely O∣bedience, And the Property of a Godly man.
• SERMON XXXVII. Sheweth, That Gods People are ready and wil∣ling in Obedience, Whence it is that they are so; Tending to rouse men up from dul∣nesse and Formality in Gods service.
• SERMON XXXVIII. Of the Excellency and Necessity of Beleeving in Christ as a Mediatour; That it is acceptable to God as well as Obedience to a Command; Yet withall sheweth the difficulty of it, and whence it comes to passe that the Children of God, sensible of their sinnes. are so hardly brought to beleeve; As also why ungodly men think it so easie a thing.
• SERMON XXXIX. Further sheweth, How acceptable unto God it is to beleeve in Christ the Mediatour; And setteth forth the dangerous Nature of Trust∣ing in our own Righteousnesse.
• SERMON XL. Further setteth forth the Excellency and Ne∣cessity of pressing the Doctrine of Faith in Christ the Mediatour, and of our being affected with it, And invites the great∣est Sinners to come unto him for Salva∣tion.
• SERMON XLI. Of Praying both for the Godly and the Wicked, With the Reasons and Motives thereof.
• SERMON XLII. The Excellency and Efficacy of Christs Me∣diatory Prayer; Set forth in many Ag∣gravations of it for the Consolation of the Godly.
• SERMON XLIII. Of the Extent of Christs Mediatory Praier, and of his Death; That he Praied and Died not for all and every one of mankinde, but onely for the Elect; And that the Scripture-Expressions of Christs Dying for all are to be understood Indefinitely and not Ʋniver∣sally.
• SERMON XLIV. Reasons why the Scripture speaks thus Ʋniver∣sally about Christs Death when yet but some were intended; Also what Benefits Repro∣bates have by Christ With some arguments Further proving the Point of Christs dying not for every man but some.
• SERMON XLV. The Application of the former Subject; Set∣ting forth the Necessity of Faith and Re∣pentance as to the Interesting us in Christ; The Freenesse of Gods Love, The Qualifi∣cations of those to whom Christs Death is made advantagious; And also their Priviledges a∣bove all others.
• SERMON XLVI. Of Free-Grace, opposite to Arminianisme; Tending to raise the hearts of those that are Godly to Joy and Thankefulnesse.
• SERMON XLVII. Of Gods Propriety in his People as the Ground of all the Good that accrueth to them.
• SERMON XLVIII. The Deity of Jesus Christ cleared and defend∣ed against the Socinians.
• SERMON XLIX. Of mans Glorifying of Christ, And how many waies that is done.
• SERMON L. Of Christs tender care of all his People in the great∣est of their dangers and afflictions.
• SERMON LI. Of the great Danger of Gods Peoples being in the world, chiefly from its tempting and seducing to Sinne.
• SERMON LII. Of the Danger Gods People are in in the world, in respect of its hating and opposing of them; With Reasons why the Lord makes the world such a disquieting place, Such a Valley of Tears unto his own People.
• SERMON LIII. The Exaltation of Christ improved for the joy of of all Beleevers.
• SERMON LIV. That all Civill Governours (as well as Ecclesi∣asticall) from the meanest Master of a Fa∣mily to the Greatest Monarch, have from Christ a Spirituall Charge of those that are un∣der them; And are above all things to endea∣vour the good of their Souls.
• SERMON LV. The Great Lord-Keeper of Israel from ine∣vitable Ruine both of Body and Soul ex∣tolled.
• SERMON LVI. That it's not enough to be put into a state of Grace, unless by Gods Power we are kept therein. How farre Men may acknow∣ledge Gods Help, and yet with the Pelagi∣ans, Arminians and Papists not give him his due Glory: And also sheweth, How many wayes the Power of God keepeth his People.
• SERMON LVII. Reasons proving the Necessity of Gods preser∣ving his Children in Grace, That God keeps them by Faith, Also why and how Faith keeps them rather then other Graces.
• SERMON LVIII. The Greatness of the Mercy of being kept sound in the Truth: And the Damnableness of Errour demonstrated.
• SERMON LIX. That it's a speciall Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein their Ʋnity should be, And the Reasons of the Diffe∣rences that are among them.
• SERMON LX. The great Paterne of Ʋnity; The Nature and Properties of the Ʋnity that is between God the Father, and the Sonne, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Ʋ∣nity, even to be One, as the Father and Sonne are. Also some Rules guiding there∣unto.
• SERMON LXI. The great changes that even a Godly man is subject unto, in respect of the having and losing those Sensible supports, both outward and inward, which God at some times vouchsafeth to them: Also what those sensible Enjoyments are, and why God doth so change the conditions of his People.
• SERMON LXII. Sheweth how prone men are to know Christ after the flesh, and wherein it appears.
• SERMON LXIII. Of the Saints Lord-Keeper. Shewing how safe the Godly are kept to Salvation by Christ as a Trust committed to him.
• SERMON LXIV. Of the Manner of Christs keeping those that are His. Of a four-fold Principle that is operative to the Preservation of Believers: And of the excellent Effects of the lively Meditation of this Doctrine of being kept by Christ to Salvation.
• SERMON LXV. Of the Perseverance of the Saints. The Question stated.
• SERMON LXVI. Of the Perseverance of the Saints.
• SERMON LXVII. Arguments proving, That Every One that is in the State of Grace shall be preserved to E∣ternal Life.
• SERMON LXVIII. Of the Sonne of Perdition. Shewing, That some Persons are wilfully set to Damn them∣selves, though they have never so many Ex∣cellent Remedies and Means to the contra∣ry; And what are the Causes that move them thereunto, and Characters of such Persons.
• SERMON LXIX. Of the Sonne of Perdition. Shewing more Causes and Symptomes of such wretched Per∣sons that are desperately bent to damn them∣selves.
• SERMON LXX. Of the Sonne of Perdition: Sheweth from the Example of Judas, That Men may be Eminent for a while in the Church of God, and yet afterward prove dreadfull A∣postates.
• SERMON LXXI. Of the Son of Perdition.
• SERMON LXXII. Of the Sonne of Perdition.
• SERMON LXXIII. The Great Stumbling-blocks in Religion re∣moved.
• SERMON LXXIV. Of the Scripture.
• SERMON LXXV. Of the Truth of Scripture-Prophesies; And against Judiciall Astrologie and Witchcraft; Shewing the Vanity and Wickednesse thereof, and of Seeking to them.
• SERMON LXXVI. The Joy of Saints handled, both as a Duty and Priviledge, as being one great end of Christs Prayer, Command, Promises and Mi∣nistry.
• SERMON LXXVII. Of Joy and Comfort, Snewing how many waies the Spirit of God works it in the hearts of his People.
• SERMON LXXVIII. The severall Sorts of Joy, and the Na∣ture of Spirituall Joy: Shewing also how farre it transcends and differs from World∣ly Joy.
• SERMON LXXIX. The Excellent Effects of Christian Joy.
• SERMON LXXX. That the Word of God preached and received, doth inrage the wicked world: And Reasons thereof.
• SERMON LXXXI. Of Suffering for Christs Cause, And how it en∣gageth God to take care of such as so suffer; Also the Duty of Ministers about Preaching Gods Truth,
• SERMON LXXXII. Of Wicked mens hating the Godly, the Causes, Ef∣fects, and Properties of it.
• SERMON LXXXIII. The Application of the fore-going Observa∣tion, both to the Godly and the Wicked, tending to Encourage and Rejoyce the one under all their Sufferings, and Deterre and Reclaim the other from all their Oppo∣sitions.
• SERMON LXXXIV. Of Conformity to Christ in not being of the world, And in his Sufferings.
• SERMON LXXXV. Sheweth, Why God continueth his Children in this world of Sinne and Sorrow, and doth not take them immediately to Heaven? And al∣so, How farre it is lawfull for a man to pray for, or desire, to be taken out of this world?
• SERMON LXXXVI. That it is a greater Mercy to be kept from Sinne and all Evil in our Afflictions and Troubles, then from the Afflictions them∣selves.
• SERMON LXXXVII. That God hath determined a precise time to every particular man in the world, how long he shall live.
• SERMON LXXXVIII. The Heavenly man much improved by much con∣sidering that he is not of this world.
• SERMON LXXXIX. Of growth in Grace, shewing that, and how many wayes, a Godly man may be more san∣ctified.
• SERMON XC. The Contraries to Growth in Grace. A Comforta∣ble Advertisement to such as mourn under their Sence of not Growing; With Reasons of the Necessity of Growing in Grace.
• SERMON XCI. Of the Causes of Sanctification, and in par∣ticular of Gods Word as the Instrumentall Cause.
• SERMON XCII. Of the Truth of the Scriptures.
• SERMON XCIII. The transcendent Properties of the Scripture.
• SERMON XCIV. How requisite a sound minde and a holy life are to a Minister of the Gospel; And of Christs pe∣culiar love to, and care of such.
• SERMON XCV. Of Christs Mission to the Office of a Me∣diatour.
• SERMON XCVI. Of the Publike Office of the Ministry, Some Distin∣ctions concerning it, And the Necessity of a law∣full Call thereunto; Also shewing wherein private Christians should exercise their Gifts both ordi∣narily and in extraordinary Cases.
• SERMON XCVII. That the Scripture appoints a Distinct Office of the Ministry: Sheweth, wherein the Call to the Ministry consists; And that none may enter into that Office without an Authoritative Mission. Also what the Mi∣nistry of Preaching is, and whether Reading be Preaching.
• SERMON XCVIII. Of Christs Sanctifying himself to be a Media∣tour; Shewing what is implied in it; How pure, willing, and fit he was for that great Ʋn∣dertaking.
• SERMON XCIX. Sheweth further, what is implied in that phrase of our Saviour, I sanctifie my self. Hand∣ling chiefly the Priestly-Office of Christ, in Opposition to the Socinians, and for the Comfort and Direction of Penitent Sinners.
• SERMON C. Of Jesus Christ as Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar; The Properties of that Sacrifice; The way how men come to partake of the Benefit of it; Its Efficacy as to Sanctification as well as Justi∣fication.
• SERMON CI. Of Sanctification, as the Effect of Christs Death; Shewing, That no man truly believeth in Christ for Justification, that doth not also for Sanctification.
• SERMON CII. Sheweth, Why Christ who could do all things, yet put up Prayers What difference there is between his Prayers and ours. And the great advantage Believers have by Christs Prai∣ing for them.
• SERMON CIII. In what respects the Benefits of Christs Me∣diation extend to all Believers alike, and in what not: For the Comfort of weak Chri∣stians, and such of them as are most contempti∣ble in the eyes of the World.
• SERMON CIV. That in some particulars the poor weak Christian hath more respect from Christ then the strong one.
• SERMON CV. Of Christs Love and Care of every one of his before they had a being.
• SERMON CVI. Of both the Moving Cause and Effects of Ele∣ction and of Christs Prayer and Death; Against Arminians and others.
• SERMON CVII. Of Faith, the severall Kindes of it: And especially of Justifying Faith: It's Object and Seat, &c.
• SERMON CVIII. Of Justifying Faith, Shewing what things are necessary thereunto; And how or in what me∣thod the Spirit of God enableth the humbled soul to beleeve.
• SERMON CIX. Of Justifying Faith.
• SERMON CX. Of Justifying Faith, That it is a fiducial Recum∣bency on Christ.
• SERMON CXI. That a Gospel-Ministry is to continue to the end of the world. And for what ends▪
• SERMON CXII. Of Ʋnity among Gods People, The Nature of it.
• SERMON CXIII. Of Ʋnity among Christians, the Benefits and Necessity of it: And the mischief of Di∣vision.
• SERMON CXIV. Of Ʋnity among the Godly, More particulars set∣ting forth the Excellency of it, and mischiefs of Division; Answering this Objection, viz. Seeing God hath promised one heart and way, and Christ praied for it, How comes it to passe that there should be so many breaches amongst the Godly.
• SERMON CXV. Of Ʋnity among Believers; Cautions about it. Also setting forth some good uniting Princi∣ples; With a Censure of some bad ones.
• SERMON CXVI. Of Christian Ʋnity; Setting forth some Rules for Ʋnity in Doctrine, Church-Order, and Af∣fection; for the preventing of Errour, Schisme and Wrath.
• SERMON CXVII. Of the Distinction of Persons, and Ʋnity of Essence in the Deity: against the Socinians.
• SERMON CXVIII. The Glorious Mystery of the Saints Ʋnion with Christ, and with the Father by him, Opened.
• SERMON CXIX. Sheweth, What a special means Ʋnity among Believers is, to enlarge the Kingdome of Christ; And yet notwithstanding that Ʋ∣nity without true Doctrine is no infallible Mark of the true Church: against the Papists.
• SERMON CXX. A Consideration of Faith in its Generall Na∣ture as Dogmaticall or Historicall, carried out to Scripture-Truths, because of Divine Au∣thority.
• SERMON CXXI. Of Dogmaticall Faith, the Properties of, and Contraries to it.
• SERMON CXXII. Of the Glory which Christ communicates unto all his Disciples, even in this Life; And of Ʋnion with him as the Ground of it.
• SERMON CXXIII. Practicall Conclusions from the fore-going Do∣ctrine.
• SERMON CXXIV. That Jesus Christ though God Co-equall with the Father, had many things given him by the Fa∣ther; And how that can be?
• SERMON CXXV. Ʋnity among Christians is part of that Glory Christ hath purchased for them.
• SERMON CXXVI. Of Ʋnion with Christ: Shewing how, or in what respects Christ is in every Believer, and how he is not.
• SERMON CXXVII. Sheweth something of the Nature, Manner, and Effects of Christs being in Beleevers.
• SERMON CXXVIII. Of the Fathers being in Christ; Of both their being in Believers: And how that can be, and yet they not quite freed from Sinne and Sorrow.
• SERMON CXXIX. Of the Ʋnity of Believers; Of the Cause and Nature of it; And what makes to the perfect Consummation of it.
• SERMON CXXX. Sheweth, That every one that Believeth know∣eth the thing that he believeth: Against the Popish Implicite Faith; And what Knowledge the Knowledge of Faith is.
• SERMON CXXXI. Of the unspeakable Love of God to Belie∣vers; Shewing wherein Gods Love to Christ, and to Believers is alike, and wherein it differs.
• SERMON CXXXII. Sheweth of what high concernment it is to the men of the world to know how greatly Be∣lievers (whom they hate and persecute) are beloved of God.
• SERMON CXXXIII. Of the Connexion between Grace and Glory, and that Glory even to the most Godly, is the free Gift of God.
• SERMON CXXXIV. Of immediate Enjoyment of, and Communion with Christ in Heaven, as the Complement of mans happinesse.
• SERMON CXXXV. Of an humbled Christians improving in his Pray∣ers the sweet Appellation of Father.
• SERMON CXXXVI. Of the State of Glory, Shewing what it is to be∣hold Christs Glory in Heaven.
• SERMON CXXXVII. How Christ (as Mediatour) had his Glory given him, although as God he could not pro∣perly have any thing given him, except by way of Manifestation: Against the Socinians.
• SERMON CXXXVIII. Of Gods love to Christ as Mediatour, and in him to all believers from all Eternity.
• SERMON CXXXIX. Of the Righteousness of God (as a Judge) in his Administrations to Devils and wicked men; And (as a Father) unto his own people.
• SERMON CXL. That every Ʋnregenerate man whether in, or out of the Church is destitute of the true saving Know∣ledge of God.
• SERMON CXLI. Christ is the great Teacher of his Church.
• SERMON CXLII. Setteth forth the singular Christian cleaving to God, though the multitude go another way; And how his godlinesse in that case endears him to God.
• SERMON CXLIII. Of Christs teaching Believers: Shewing what great need the most illuminated Christians have still to be taught.
• SERMON CXLIV. Of the powerful sense and feeling of the love of God; How it's attained; And what a great advantage it is to him that hath it, both in reference to duty and comfort.
• SERMON CXLV. Directions how to obtain, and alwayes to pre∣serve the Knowledge and Assurance of Gods Love in our Hearts.
• AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE Chief Heads contained in this TREATISE.
• A CATALOGUE OF THE Chiefest of such BOOKS, as are Printed FOR THOMAS ƲNDERHILL.
• The TEXTS Explained and Vindicated in this TREATISE.