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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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Here is the prerogative of Christianity, a Heathen man out of the strength of moral discourse and outward experience can teach the ⟨p. 175⟩negative part, can tell you that all earthly things are vain and perishing. A Stoic will declaim wittily and gravely from moral principles and daily experience upon these things, that these earthly things of themselves are all vain and fading, and that it is our conceit of them only that bewitcheth us to them, it is that only that renders them to us green and fresh: But now for the affirmative part, what we should seek after, here Paganism is blind, that is only to be learned in the Church of Christ, it is proper to Christianity to direct us here, as I shall discover better to you when I come to speak of the duty enjoined, which is that I especially aim at.
Heere is the prerogative of Christianity, a Heathen man out of the strength of morrall discourse and outward experience can teach the ⟨p. 175⟩negative part, can tell you that all earthly things are vaine and perishing. A Stoick will declaime wittily and gravely from morrall principels and daily experience upon these things, that these earthly things of themselves are all vaine and fading, and that it is our conceit of them onely that bewitcheth us to them, it is that onely that renders them to us greene and fresh: But now for the affirmative part, what we should seeke after, heere Paganisme is blinde, that is onely to bee learned in the Church of Christ, it is proper to Christianity to direct us heere, as I shall discover better to you when I come to speake of the duty injoyned, which is that I especially aime at.
But before I come to enforce the act or duty which our Saviour here exhorts unto, I must unfold the object of that act, what is meant here by the meat that endures to everlasting life.
But before I come to inforce the act or duty which our Saviour heere exhorts unto, I must unfold the object of that act, what is meant heere by the meate that endures to everlasting life.