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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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Again,1 not only the Word of God, the Gospel (which is out of us in the book of God) is called judgement, but the work of God in the soul, Sanctification is called judgement, hence we may observe, what is the most judicious course in the world, the most judicious frame of soul, when it is framed to the judgement and truth of God, being the first truth. When a man is sanctified and set in a ⟨p. 66⟩holy frame, it is from a sanctified judgement the flesh is subject to the Spirit, here is all in a gracious order, the baser part doth not rule the higher, but the higher part of the soul, a sanctified judgement rules all, because the whole is in right judgement, therefore sanctification is called judgement, and other courses though they be never so fashionable are but madness, and folly, and disorder in the censure of the Scripture, nothing is judgement and true wisdom, but sanctification and obedience flowing from sanctification, Therefore saith Moses in Deuteronomy, Then shall you be known to be a wise people when you obey the Laws that I have given you, only that shows a wise judicious man, to be obedient to Gods truth by the Spirit sanctifying him. Without the truth of God and the Spirit in us framing our souls answerable to the truth, we are out of all good order: For then the affections that should be ruled, rule us, then the body, and the lusts of the body, rule the soul, and the Devil rules by both, what a shameful disorder is this, when a man shall be ruled by the Devil and his own lusts that he should tread under feet and trample upon? and this is the state of all that have not this judgement in them, that have not the word of God written in their hearts bowing and bending them by the Spirit of God to spiritual obedience, to prove this J will name but one place among many, Titus. 3.•. he shows the state of all men, that are not ⟨p. 67⟩brought into subjection by this judgement, by the Word and Spirit of truth. We our selves (saith he) were sometimes foolish and disobedient, till this judgement is set up in us, we are foolish in our understandings, and disobedient in our wills and affections, deceived and misled by the Devil, and our own lusts: