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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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Secondly if we would sharpen our appetites to this food, we must purge our stomachs which naturally surfeit of earthly things, purge the soul by a consideration of the vanity of all other things that draw us from Christ: the ⟨p. 185⟩reason why we have no better relish of Christ and heavenly things is, because we cleave in our affections so much to earthly things, we set up Idols in our hearts instead of Christ, and we cleave in an adulterous and false affection unto them. Let us set before us arguments of the vanity of all things but Christ, and there can be no better argument then here is set down, they are all perishing things: that which the soul neglects Christ and Heaven and happiness for, and is so madly set upon, alas they are all base in respect of the soul, the whole world is not worth a soul, they are all perishing things, of less continuance then the soul is; we should purge our souls by such considerations as these.
Secondly if we would sharpen our appetites to this foode, wee must purge our stomackes which naturally surfet of earthly things, purge the soule by a consideration of the vanity of all other things that draw us from Christ: the ⟨p. 185⟩reason why we have no better relish of Christ and heavenly things is, because we cleave in our affections so much to earthly things, we set up Idols in our hearts instead of Christ, and wee cleave in an adulterous and false affection unto them. Let us set before us arguments of the vanity of all things but Christ, and there can be no better argument then here is set downe, they are all perishing things: that which the soule neglects Christ and Heaven and happinesse for, and is so madly set upon, alas they are all base in respect of the soule, the whole world is not worth a soule, they are all perishing things, of lesse continuance then the soule is; we should purge our soules by such considerations as these.
Then again thirdly: Exercise getteth a stomach, let us every day spend our spiritual strength in spiritual exercises, in resisting tentations, in withstanding the snares of Satan, in bearing those daily crosses that God lays upon us, live as Christians should live, and the exercise of a Christian life will enforce us to go unto Christ to feed on him, to fetch from him spiritual strength; when in our daily exercise we shall see the continual need we have of pardon for daily sins, of comfort and strength against daily corruptions and infirmities, this will make us feed on Christ and on the promises made in him, not only on the promise of forgiveness, but on the promise of a supply of necessary grace, on that sweet promise, that