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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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1But you will say there is a difference between natural death, and spiritual death: for in natural bodily death, there is no moving; but in this spiritual death of the soul, men have senses, and motion, &c.
1But you will say there is a difference betweene naturall death, and spirituall death: for in naturall bodily death, there is no mooving; but in this spirituall death of the soule, men have sences, and motion, &c.
- 1Object.
1It is true, thus far they differ; though a man be spiritually dead,2 yet notwithstanding he hath feet to carry him to the house of God; ⟨p. 153⟩he hath ears to hear the Word of God; he hath abilities of nature upon which grace is founded. God works grace upon nature. Now a man living in the Church of God, that is a grace when a man hath grace to live within the compass of the means: he can by common grace, without any inward change of nature, come and hear the Word of God, and when he is there he may yield an ear to listen, and he hath common discourse and understanding to know what is said and upon what ground, he can offer himself to the work of the Spirit; he can come to the pool (though he be not thrust in this day, or that day) when God stirs the waters: this by common grace, any man living in the Church may do.
1Jt is true, thus farre they differ; though a man be spiritually dead,2