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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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If we look to the manner of the performance of this service.
If we looke to the manner of the performance of this service.
If we look to to the fruit of that service, they are all matter of wonderment.1
- 1Gods love to us.
If we look to the person that was this servant,1 the Apostle in Philip. 2. will tell you he thought it not robbery to be equal with God, yet he took upon him the shape of a servant, was not this wonderful for God to become man, the glorious God to abase himself to be a servant? God-Man glorious God, and base servant: for the living God to dye, for the incomprehensible God to be enclosed in the womb of a Virgin, for glory it self to be abased, for riches to become poor, what matter of wonderment is here? the very Angels stand at a gaze and wonder, they pry into these things, his name may well be Wonderful.
If we look to the person that was this servant,1 the Apostle in Philip. 2. will tell you he thought it not robbery to be equall with God, yet he tooke upon him the shape of a servant, was not this wonderfull for God to become man, the glorious God to abase himselfe to bee a servant? God-Man glorious God, and base servant: for the living God to dye, for the incomprehensible God to be inclosed in the wombe of a Virgin, for glory it selfe to be abased, for riches to become poore, what matter of wonderment is here? the very Angels stand at a gaze and wonder, they pry into these things, his name may well be Wonderfull.