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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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And let us be stirred up to repent presently;1 doth not God now warn you? Is it not dangerous living one hour in a state that we would not dye in? May not God justly strike us on the sudden? Do but purpose to live in sin one quarter of an hour; may we not be taken away in that quarter? Is not repentance the gift of God, and are not gifts given according ⟨p. 92⟩to the good pleasure of the giver? Waite therefore for the gales of grace, and take them when they are offered. Grace is not like the tide that ebbs and flows, that we know when it will come again, when we see it go: No, God gives the gales of grace according to his good pleasure, therefore take the advantage of the present motions of the blessed Spirit.
And let us be stirred up to repent presently;1 doth not God now warne you? Is it not dangerous living one houre in a state that wee would not dye in? May not God justly strike us on the sudden? Doe but purpose to live in sinne one quarter of an houre; may we not be taken away in that quarter? Is not repentance the gift of God, and are not gifts given according ⟨p. 92⟩to the good pleasure of the giver? Waite therefore for the gales of grace, and take them when they are offered. Grace is not like the tide that ebbs and flowes, that we know when it will come againe, when we see it goe: No, God gives the gales of grace according to his good pleasure, therefore take the advantage of the present motions of the blessed Spirit.
- 1Not to delay repentance.
1The longer we live in any sin unrepented off, the more our hearts will be hardened, the more Satan takes advantage against us, the more hardly he is driven out of his old possession, the more just it may be with God to give us up from one sin to another, the understanding will be more dark upon every repetition of sin, and conscience will be more dulled and deadened. Those that are young therefore, let them take the advantage of the youth and strength, and freshness of their years to serve God. That which is blasted in the bud, what fruit may we look for from it afterward? Alas, when we see the younger sort given to blaspheme and swear, to looseness and licentiousness, what old age may we look for there? Again what welcome shall we expect, when we have sacrificed the best of our strength, and the marrow of our years to our lusts, to bring our old-age to God?