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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 to encourage us to do it,1 let us consider if we do this, and do it in time, we shall have the sweetness of the love of God shed abroad in our hearts.
And to incourage us to doe it,1 let us consider if we doe this, and doe it in time, wee shall have the sweetnesse of the love of God shed abroad in our hearts.
- 1Benefits by timely repentance.
You will say, we shall loose the sweetness of sin.1 I, but you shall have a most sweet communion with God. One day of a repentant sinner, that is reconciled to God, is more comfortable then a thousand years of an other man, that is in continual fear of death and judgement. Oh the sweet life of a Christian that hath made his peace with God! he is fit for all conditions, for life, for death, for every thing: now by this we shall have this grace and favour of God: the Lord will say unto us by his Spirit, I am your salvation. And besides, you shall have his grace renewing, and altering, and changing you, framing you to a better course of life. And he will be so far from misliking any for their former sins, that he will give them cause to love him the more, as we see Luk. 7. She loved much: because she had much forgiven her. Christ we see upbraided not any of his followers with their former sins, he regarded nor what they had been formerly, Zaccheus the extortioner, Mary Magdalen, Matthew the Publican, Peter that denied him, we never hear that he upbraided any of them, he doth not only vouchsafe mercy to Peter repenting; but advanceth him to his former ⟨p. 96⟩