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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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And (to press this a little further) I beseech you consider, that if you leave not your sinful courses and come under the blessed government of Christ, if you receive not this Sealed King, this Sealed Priest and Prophet, this Sealed Mediator whom God hath Sealed and sent unto you for salvation, there is not any thing in the world that will one day more torment you then your refusal of him; O that we should ever live to hear of salvation so freely offered and of a Saviour so authorized, yet notwithstanding that we should respect our sins more then our souls, and because we could not have him to be our Saviour except we came under his government, and be ruled by him as a King, we refused him wholly altogether: Indeed if we might have had salvation by him and the ⟨p. 213⟩forgiveness of sins, and withal have remained under the rule and sway of our own lusts and been led by them, we would have been contented to have had him, but rather then we would leave our blasphemous, our unclean, injurious and covetous courses of life, we were content to let Christ go if he would; O that we should reject this Sealed Saviour, O that we should refuse salvation offered on such loving terms, when God was so loving as to Seal and authorize his Son, when the Son was so loving as to give himself when he was Sealed, to refuse this and that for such base respects, will certainly one day when the conscience is wakened, prove the greatest torment that can be.
And (to presse this a little further) I beseech you consider, that if you leave not your sinfull courses and come under the blessed governement of Christ, if you receive not this Sealed King, this Sealed Priest and Prophet, this Sealed Mediator whom God hath Sealed and sent unto you for salvation, there is not any thing in the world that will one day more torment you then your refusall of him; O that we should ever live to heare of salvation so freely offered and of a Saviour so authorized, yet notwithstanding that we should respect our sinnes more then our soules, and because we could not have him to bee our Saviour except wee came under his governement, and bee ruled by him as a King, we refused him wholy altogether: Indeed if we might have had salvation by him and the ⟨p. 213⟩forgivenesse of sinnes, and withall have remained under the rule and sway of our owne lusts and beene led by them, we would have beeene contented to have had him, but rather then we would leave our blasphemous, our uncleane, inujurious and covetous courses of life, wee were content to let Christ goe if hee would; O that we should reject this Sealed Saviour, O that we should refuse salvation offered on such loving termes, when God was so loving as to Seale and authorize his Sonne, when the Sonne was so loving as to give himselfe when he was Sealed, to refuse this and that for such base respects, will certainely one day when the conscience is wakened, proove the greatest torment that can be.