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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
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2Again, the Spirit of Christ is given, in obedience to this Gospel, Acts▪ 5.32. He gives the Holy Ghost to them that obey him. Now there is the obedience of faith, and the obedience of life, when the soul is wrought to obedience, to believe, and to be directed by God, then the Holy Spirit is given in a further measure still, the Holy Ghost is given to them that obey▪ to them that do not resist the Spirit of God: for in the Ministry of the Gospel the Spirit is given in some degree to reprobates, it is offered, it knocks at the hearts of the vilest persons, that lives in filthy and false courses of life, whose tongues, and bodies, are all instruments of an unsanctified soul to offend God, they have gracious motions offered them, but then they do not obey them, therefore the Spirit seizeth not upon them to rule in them, they have the Spirit knocking upon them, he doth not dwell in them, and take up his lodging in them. The Spirit is given to them that obey the sweet motions of it. Now who is it that hears the blessed word of God, the blessed tidings of salvation, but he hath sweet motions of the Spirit ⟨p. 59⟩to be in love with God and the mercy of God, and to hate sin a little for a time, then presently upon it corruption joins and and swells against those motions, and they only rest in the bare motion, and never come to any perfection. This is the state of reprobates in the Church, they have many motions by the Holy Ghost, but their hearts are not subdued to obedience, not to constant obedience. Therefore if we would have the Spirit of Christ, let us labour to subject our selves unto it, when we have any good motion by the Ministry of the Word, or by conference, or by reading of good things (as holy things have a savour in them, the Spirit breathes in holy exercises) Oh give way to the motions of Gods Spirit, we shall not have them again perhaps, turn not back those blessed messengers, let us entertain them, let the Spirit dwell and rule in us, it is the most blessed lodger that ever we entertained in all our lives, If we let the Spirit guide and rule us, it will lead us and govern and support us in life and death, and never leave us till it have raised our bodies, the Spirit of Christ in us at length will quicken our dead bodies, Rom. 8. it will never leave us till it have brought us to Heaven.