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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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A good stomach we know is procured by ⟨p. 184⟩sharp things, the Paschal Lamb was to be eaten with sour herbs, if we would have an appetite after Christ, labour daily to consider what a cursed estate we are in without Christ: God hath left the Law as for other purposes so for this, that we should feed upon the threatenings of it, that it should drive us to Christ; A legal faith is the way to evangelical. Labour therefore thoroughly to be convinced of the need thou standest in of Christ, and then I need not bid thee to labour for the food that endures to everlasting life, that will sharpen thy appetite after it: And beg of God illumination to see the ill that is in thee, and the ill that belongs to thee: God hath left infirmities and corruptions in us on purpose for this end, and likewise we have tentations without us, we carry not only a Hell within us (which if God should not keep in would carry us to despair) but there is a hell without us, the tentations of Satan, the accusations of the Law, the anger and wrath of God; thus we should labour to be convinced of our wretched estate without Christ, the danger we are in if God should take us hence on a sudden, this will force every day a fresh appetite and stomach in the soul to feed on Christ.
A good stomacke we know is procured by ⟨p. 184⟩sharpe things, the Paschall Lamb was to be eaten with sowre hearbs, if we would have an appetite after Christ, labour daily to consider what a cursed estate we are in without Christ: God hath left the Law as for other purposes so for this, that we should feed upon the threatnings of it, that it should drive us to Christ; A legall faith is the way to evangelicall. Labour therefore thorowly to bee convinced of the need thou standest in of Christ, and then I need not bid thee to labour for the food that endures to everlasting life, that will sharpen thy appetite after it: And beg of God illumination to see the ill that is in thee, and the ill that belongs to thee: God hath left infirmities and corruptions in us on purpose for this end, and likewise we have tentations without us, we carry not onely a Hell within us (which if God should not keepe in would carry us to despaire) but there is a hell without us, the tentations of Satan, the accusations of the Law, the anger and wrath of God; thus we should labour to be convinced of our wretched estate without Christ, the danger we are in if God should take us hence on a suddaine, this will force every day a fresh appetite and stomacke in the soule to feed on Christ.