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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
THE FRUITFUL LABOUR FOR Eternal Food.THE FRVITFVLL LABOVR FOR Eternall Food.
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.
Now by seeking after and placing our affections that are ordained to close with better things, which shall make us happy in another world, by planting them on earthly things we become like the things earthly, by placing them on the world we become the world, we become earthly, therefore they are not only perishing in themselves, but we perish in the pursuit of them. It is a strong argument that is here used, all earthly things are food that perisheth; ⟨p. 170⟩for alas he that is rich to day may be poor to morrow, he may be as rich as Job in the morning, and as poor as Job at night, he may be in credit now with Haman, and be in discredit ere soon, he may be in health now, and sick ere long; we need not Scripture for this, experience reads us this lecture enough, but we are so desperately set on earthly things, that neither Faith, nor experience, nor the strength of discourse, nor reason is sufficient to take us off till God by his Spirit convince us throughly of this, therefore Moses prays that God would teach them to number their days, so though there is a sufficient argument in the discovery of these earthly things to be perishing things to enforce a dissuasion, yet we cannot loosen our affections to them, nor know the uncertainty of them till God teach us.
Now by seeking after and placing our affections that are ordained to close with better things, which shall make us happy in another world, by planting them on earthly things we become like the things earthly, by placing them on the world we become the world, we become earthly, therefore they are not onely perishing in themselves, but we perish in the pursute of them. It is a strong argument that is here used, all earthly things are food that perisheth; ⟨p. 170⟩for alas he that is rich to day may bee poore to morrow, he may be as rich as Iob in the morning, and as poore as Iob at night, hee may be in credit now with Haman, and bee in discredit ere soone, he may be in health now, and sicke ere long; we need not Scripture for this, experience reads us this lecture enough, but we are so desperately set on earthly things, that neither Faith, nor experience, nor the strength of discourse, nor reason is sufficient to take us off till God by his Spirit convince us throughly of this, therefore Moses prayes that God would teach them to number their daies, so though there is a sufficient argument in the discovery of these earthly things to be perishing things to inforce a disswasion, yet we cannot loosen our affections to them, nor know the uncertainty of them till God teach us.