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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
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.
Labour for the meat that endures to everlasting life.
Labour for the meate that endures to everlasting life.
The Arguments enforcing this act upon the object, to labour for Christ, are, that he is food, and food that endures, and food that endures to everlasting life.
Let me from these arguments here in the text (for J will draw no other) enforce what I have said before, J have showed you what this labour is, and rules how you may know whether you rightly labour for this food or no: Now to enforce this act, consider first the necessity of that our Saviour here enjoins us too, it is food.
Let me from these arguments heere in the text (for J will draw no other) inforce what I have said before, J have shewed you what this labour is, and rules how you may know whether you rightly labour for this food or no: Now to inforce this act, consider first the necessity of that our Saviour here injoynes us too, it is food.
It is a strange thing that persons should persuade themselves that they are Christians, and yet go from day to day without refreshing themselves with Christ, and with the meditation of the blessed estate they are in by him, both in respect of this world and that which is to come, without getting strength from Christ against tentations and against corruptions: Christ is food, and the promises and prerogatives we have by him are food, we should labour after it every day, feed on it every day: If a man should ask a man in his calling, why do you take such pains Morning and Evening, rising early and going to bed late? He would answer it is to get bread, it is to get food to maintain my family: So should it be our answer to any that wonder why we take such pains for our souls, why we labour so after Christ, Oh remember we take pains for life, to get and maintain life, and what is so necessary as life? And if life be so necessary, food which preserves it must be necessary: we see the Patriarchs for food left their country, and the poor Egyptians sold themselves and