A12166:324
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.
Again if we be all dead by nature,1 and there ought to be a separation of the living from the dead; let us take heed in our amity and society that we converse not with natural men too much, that have not spiritual goodness in them; that we converse not with them with delight and complacency. It is a tyrannical thing to knit dead and living bodies together, ⟨p. 152⟩and he was accounted a tyrant that did so: surely in choosing our society, conjugal or friendly, any intimate society to join living and dead souls together, we are tyrants to our own souls. We wrong our souls to join with dead persons, who would converse with dead courses, and corps? The very creatures startle at the sight of a dead body; nature startles at that that is dead. If we had the life of grace (further then the necessity of civill conversation, and the hope of bettering them forceth it upon us) we would have no society with those that we see are in the state of nature. What issues from them but stench? eyes full of adultery, nothing that is pleasing can come from them; nothing can come from all their senses but rottenness, and stench; what comfort can a man (that loves his own soul, and hath any desire to be saved) have by intimate converse with such persons? let them have never so good parts, they hurt more one way then they do good another: you see we are all dead by nature, and what this death is.
Againe if we be all dead by nature,1 and there ought to be a separation of the living from the dead; let us take heed in our amity and society that we converse not with naturall men too much, that have not spirituall goodnesse in them; that we converse not with them with delight and complacency. It is a tyrannicall thing to knit dead and living bodies together, ⟨p. 152⟩and he was accounted a tyrant that did so: surely in choosing our society, conjugall or friendly, any intimate society to joyne living and dead soules together, we are tyrants to our owne soules. Wee wrong our soules to joyne with dead persons, who would converse with dead courses, and corps? The very creatures startle at the sight of a dead body; nature startles at that that is dead. If wee had the life of grace (further then the necessity of civill conversation, and the hope of bettering them forceth it upon us) wee would have no society with those that we see are in the state of nature. What issues from them but stench? eyes full of adultery, nothing that is pleasing can come from them; nothing can come from all their sences but rottennesse, and stench; what comfort can a man (that loves his owne soule, and hath any desire to be saved) have by intimate converse with such persons? let them have never so good parts, they hurt more one way then they doe good another: you see wee are all dead by nature, and what this death is.