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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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First,1 for the conviction of those who do not indeed belong to the Kingdom of Heaven; every man is ready to talk of the Kingdom of Heaven, and the glory there; I but there is a subordination of grace, and of the means of grace; how standest thou affected to the means of salvation, to the Word of the Kingdom, the Word of life, The Word of reconciliation? for it hath the name from all the excellencies to which it brings us, to show, that as we value life, a Kingdom, reconciliation, and all that is good, so we must value this Gospel, or else it is a presumptuous confidence; if the privileges of grace and glory belong to us, we must come to them by these steps; those that ⟨p. 228⟩regard not the Gospel and means of salvation, they have nothing to do with grace nor glory, they are hereby convinced of arrogant folly.
First,1 for the conviction of those who doe not indeed belong to the Kingdome of Heaven; every man is ready to talke of the Kingdome of Heaven, and the glory there; I but there is a subordination of grace, and of the meanes of grace; how standest thou affected to the meanes of salvation, to the Word of the Kingdome, the Word of life, The Word of reconciliation? for it hath the name from all the excellencies to which it brings us, to shew, that as we valew life, a Kingdome, reconciliation, and all that is good, so we must valew this Gospell, or else it is a presumptuous confidence; if the priviledges of grace and glory belong to us, wee must come to them by these steps; those that ⟨p. 228⟩regard not the Gospell and meanes of salvation, they have nothing to do with grace nor glory, they are hereby convinced of arrogant folly.
- 1A ground of conviction.