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Beams of divine light breaking forth from several places of holy Scripture, as they…Beames of divine light breaking forth from severall places of holy Scripture, as they…
Beams of divine light breaking forth from several places of holy Scripture, as they were learnedly opened, in XXI. sermons. The III. first being the fore-going sermons to that treatise called The bruised-reed, preached on the precedent words. By the late reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibs, D.D. Mr. of Katharine Hall in Camb: and sometimes preacher at Gray's Inn. Published according to the Doctor his own appointment subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.Beames of divine light breaking forth from severall places of holy Scripture, as they were learnedly opened, in XXI. sermons. The III. first being the fore-going sermons to that treatise called The bruised-reed, preached on the precedent words. By the late reverend and iudicious divine, Richard Sibs, D.D. Mr. of Katharine Hall in Camb: and sometimes preacher at Grayes Inne. Published according to the Doctor his owne appointment subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect coppies.
London: printed by George for N. Bourne, 1639
KING DAVIDS EPITAPH. › Then David after he had served in his Generation, the will of God, &c.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the next place,3 David served God in his generation, he did not do it by starts, and fits; he did not do this or that good act: but he served God in his whole generation: So must every man, not only be content to do now and then a good action; for the veriest wicked man in the world may do good sometimes, and the best men may do ill sometimes: but in the whole course of our life, we must do good in our generation, our course must be holy, the whole tenor of our lives while we are in the world. All things have their time, but there is no time for sin, there is no time for vanity, no time for swearing, no time for sensuality, and looseness.
In the next place,3 David served God in his generation, hee did not do it by starts, and fits; he did not do this or that good act: but he served God in his whole generation: So must every man, not only bee content to do now and then a good action; for the veriest wicked man in the world may do good sometimes, and the best men may do ill sometimes: but in the whole course of our life, we must do good in our generation, our course must bee holy, the whole tenour of our lives while wee are in the world. All things have their time, but there is no time for sinne, there is no time for vanity, no time for swearing, no time for sensuality, and loosnesse.
- 3We must serve God our whole time.Wee must serve God our whole time.
Therefore let the whole course of our lives ⟨p. 184⟩be spent in the service of God. What do we know but that that little time wherein we yield to the service of the Devil, may be the time when God will fetch us hence? and what will become of us then? therefore resolve not a moment to serve sin; our whole time is but short in respect of eternity: what is our generation to world without end? Therefore let us be content to serve God our whole generation.