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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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Beloved, God comes to us for our testimonials, for our hands and seals, Oh how wondrously doth God condescend to weak man▪ ⟨p. 207⟩He hath sealed Christ for the office of a Mediator, and he offers him unto us, and he comes to us likewise that we would set to our seals too, that Christ is the Son of God, he counts it not sufficient that he hath sealed him himself, but he will have us seal too, and we seal him when we receive him, he that receives him hath set to his seal that God is true, he that doth not receive him, he makes God a liar, saith Saint John.
Beloved, God comes to us for our testimonialls, for our hands and seals, Oh how wondrously doth God condescend to weake man▪ ⟨p. 207⟩He hath sealed Christ for the office of a Mediator, and he offers him unto us, and he comes to us likewise that we would set to our seales too, that Christ is the Sonne of God, he counts it not sufficient that he hath sealed him himselfe, but he will have us seale too, and we seale him when we receive him, he that receives him hath set to his seale that God is true, he that doth not receive him, he makes God a lyar, saith Saint Iohn.
And what comes of this when we receive Christ and set to our seal that God in the promise of salvation by Christ is true? Then we having honoured him, he honours us by sealing us by his Spirit, as the Apostle saith: Ephes. 1. In whom after the believed ye were sealed, So when we believe and set to our seal that God is true, God seals us by his Spirit, after ye believed you were sealed.
And what comes of this when wee receive Christ and set to our seale that God in the promise of salvation by Christ is true? Then we having honoured him, he honours us by sealing us by his Spirit, as the Apostle saith: