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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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One in us, is the conjunction of so excellent a thing as the soul breathed in by God, the soul of man is an admirable thing, the world is not worth it in the judgement of him that gave himself for it, that this should be joined to a piece of earth, indeed I am wonderfully made saith David, in regard of his body, but the conjunction of the soul and body together, so excellent a substance, to so base a thing as earth, to a piece of red well coloured earth, to a lump of flesh, it is a wondrous conjunction.
One in us, is the conjunction of so excellent a thing as the soule breathed in by God, the soule of man is an admirable thing, the world is not worth it in the judgement of him that gave himselfe for it, that this should be joyned to a peece of earth, indeed I am wonderfully made saith David, in regard of his body, but the conjunction of the soule and body together, so excellent a substance, to so base a thing as earth, to a peece of red well coloured earth, to a lump of flesh, it is a wondrous conjunction.
But there is a more supernatural conjunction of man, when all of us, sinners as we are, are knit to Christ our head, and head and members make one Christ, here is a wondrous conjunction, Saint Paul calls it a mystery, Ephes. 5. these conjunctions in us are wonderful.
But there is a more supernaturall conjunction of man, when all of us, sinners as we are, are knit to Christ our head, and head and members make one Christ, here is a wondrous conjunction, Saint Paul calls it a mystery, Ephes. 5. these conjunctions in us are wonderfull.
But now (to go higher) in Christ there are more wonderful conjunctions, for the greatest and the meanest to join together, for God and man to come together, the Lord of all, and a servant, and such a servant as should be under a curse, for the highest of all to come to the deepest abasement, for there was no abasement ever so deep as Christs was, in a double regard.