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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
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.
Here is another expression comparative, or rather superlative; he compares them to the Stork, and Turtle, the Crane, and Swallow, and prefers these poor creatures, in wisdom and providence, as going before men: But my people know not the judgement of the Lord: There needs no great explication of the words, [Judgement] is directive, or corrective.
Here is another expression comparative, or rather superlative; hee compares them to the Storke, and Turtle, the Crane, and Swallow, and prefers these poore creatures, in wisedome and providence, as going before men: But my people know not the judgement of the Lord: There needes no great explication of the wordes, [Iudgement] is directive, or corrective.
The directive is the Law of God;1 setting down Gods judicious course, This you shall do, or if you do not this you shall be punished. When we obey not Gods directive course, we meet with his corrective: for judgement is the stablishing of judgement: judgement of correction is the stablishing of judgement of direction. Gods Laws must be performed, they are not scare-crows; if we avoid the one, we shall run into the other: if we do not meet him in the judgement of his directive law, we must be met with in his law corrective, (if we be good men,) or destructive ⟨p. 112⟩[…] ⟨p. 113⟩[…] ⟨p. 114⟩if we be bad men.2 Now here (J take it) he means especially the judgement of correction, the time of visitation, it was a dangerous time (as it is now among us,) they were already under several heavy judgements, as famine, &c. (we see in the next verse, there was no vines, no grapes, &c. all failed.) And besides, a far heavier judgement was ready to come upon them, they were ready to be carried into Babylon, and they knew not the judgement of the Lord.