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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 conclude with a word of comfort) if there be any poor distressed soul frighted in conscience with the sight of his sins and Satan's temptations, O let such consider the love of God in Christ: Satan pictures out God as a terrible Judge, and so he is indeed to men that go on in their sins, a consuming fire: but art thou weary of thy courses, art thou willing to ⟨p. 215⟩come under a better covenant, let not Satan abuse thee by setting God before thee as a terrible Judge, and Christ as one that would not save thee; no, come in, kiss the Son, for him hath the Father Sealed, Sealed for thee if thou be weary of thy sins, enforce not upon thy soul any unwillingness to be in God, wherefore doth God stoop so low, and labour by all these arguments here, as that Christ is the Son of man, and that he shall give it you, and that the Father hath Sealed him for that end, wherefore is all this, but to show his willingness to receive thee? wherefore hath the Father Sealed Christ but in love to thee? Come in therefore, and then if you will seal to this truth, if you will believe, and cast your selves on Gods gracious promise even against doubting and distrust, you shall find God sealing you by his Spirit, you shall find his Spirit witnessing to your spirits that you are the sons of God.
And (to conclude with a word of comfort) if there be any poore distressed soule frighted in conscience with the sight of his sinnes and Satans temptations, O let such consider the love of God in Christ: Satan pictures out God as a terrible Judge, and so he is indeed to men that goe on in their sinnes, a consuming fire: but art thou weary of thy courses, art thou willing to ⟨p. 215⟩come under a better covenant, let not Satan abuse thee by setting God before thee as a terrible Judge, and Christ as one that would not save thee; no, come in, kisse the Son, for him hath the Father Sealed, Sealed for thee if thou bee weary of thy sinnes, inforce not upon thy soule any unwillingnesse to be in God, wherefore doth God stoope so low, and labour by all these arguments heere, as that Christ is the Sonne of man, and that hee shall give it you, and that the Father hath Sealed him for that end, wherefore is all this, but to shew his willingnesse to receive thee? wherefore hath the Father Sealed Christ but in love to thee? Come in therefore, and then if you will seale to this truth, if you will beleeve, and cast your selves on Gods gratious promise even against doubting and distrust, you shall finde God sealing you by his Spirit, you shall finde his Spirit witnessing to your spirits that you are the sonnes of God.