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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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They trifled with him and mocked his messengers, accounted them weak men, they despised his Word, and misused his Prophets, and then the Lords wrath rose against his people, and there was no remedy. So when people are as those here in the text, that they rush as the horse into the battle, that they are Sermon-proof, that when every Sermon they hear, as the hammer on the Smiths anvil, makes them harder and harder (as Moses speaking to Pharaoh increased the hardness of his heart) it is a sign of destruction.
They trifled with him and mocked his messengers, accounted them weake men, they despised his Word, and misused his Prophets, and then the Lords wrath rose against his people, and there was no remedy. So when people are as those here in the text, that they rush as the horse into the battell, that they are Sermon-proofe, that when every Sermon they heare, as the hammer on the Smiths anvile, makes them harder and harder (as Moses speaking to Pharoah increased the hardnesse of his heart) it is a signe of destruction.
Now whether it be so or no, I leave it to your particular consciences, we that are Ministers tell you of your filthiness, of your profaning the Name of God, and contempt of Gods Word; Whether have we gained upon ⟨p. 125⟩you or no? Who hath left an oath? Who hath left his wicked courses and entered into a nearer communion with God for all our teaching? Blessed is that man; It is a sign God will not destroy him; it is a sign that in the general visitation God will regard that man. But alas we may almost complain with Jeremiah in this Prophecy, Jere. 5.1. Where he runs up and down to seek a man. Alas! They are very few, they are thick sown but come thin up that obey the ordinance of God. It is some comfort that men will submit to the ordinance, that they will come to hear, some good may be learned, it is better then to keep out of the compass of Gods law (as those men do that pretend they can read Sermons at home, and so will teach God a course to bring men to Heaven) there is hope of men when they submit to Gods ordinance: But I beseech you, how are you affected now for the present? How do you come now into the presence of God? If you will not amend, and resolve to enter into a new course; He that is often reproved and will not come in, judgement will come suddenly on him, without all remedy: And it is good it should be without remedy: Because it is without excuse, you cannot plead, and say that there were not Prophets among you. If the Heathens were hardened and given up to destruction, The wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against them, because they lived in a course of rebellion against