A12166:521
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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11. They are opposed from within us, and that is the worst opposition: for Satan hath a party within us that holds correspondency with him, our own traitorous flesh; in all the degrees of salvation there is violence hence; in effectual calling, when we are called out of the kingdom of Satan, he is not willing to let us go, he would keep us there still, and when we come to have our sins forgiven in ⟨p. 237⟩justification, there is opposition, proud flesh and blood will not yield to the righteousness of the Gospel; it will not rest in Christ, it will seek somewhat in it self. In Sanctification there is opposition between the flesh and the Spirit: every good work we do, it is gotten out of the fire (as it were) it is gotten by violence, in every good action, whether it be to get grace, or to give thanks to God, how many carnal reasonings are there? If a man be to give to others, the flesh suggests, I may want my self. If he be to reform abuses in others, he is ready to think, others will have somewhat to say to me, and I shall be offensive to such and such men. And then the affection to earthly things chains us to the things below, and self-love prompts a man to sleep in a whole skin; we love our wealth, and peace, and favour with men, so that a man cannot come to the state of grace without breaking through these, and hereupon comes the necessity of violence from the opposition from within us, we must offer violence to our selves, to our own reason, to our own wills and affections, You have not yet resisted unto blood, 2saith the Apostle; we do not resist by killing others, but we ourselves resist to death, when rather then we will miss of Heaven, and happiness, and rather then we will not stand for the truth we will suffer death.
11. They are opposed from within us, and that is the worst opposition: for Satan hath a partie within us that holds correspondencie with him, our owne traiterous flesh; in all the degrees of salvation there is violence hence; in effectuall calling, when we are called out of the kingdome of Satan, he is not willing to let us goe, hee would keepe us there still, and when we come to have our sinnes forgiven in ⟨p. 237⟩