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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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The reason and ground of it is in nature, the affections follow the discovery of the excellency of things. When first the necessity of being in Christ is laid open; that there are but two Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Christ, and the kingdom of the devil, and that a man ⟨p. 268⟩must either enter into the Kingdom of Christ or be of the Devils kingdom still.
The reason and ground of it is in nature, the affections follow the discovery of the excellency of things. When first the necessity of being in Christ is laid open; that there are but two Kingdomes, the Kingdome of Christ, and the kingdome of the divell, and that a man ⟨p. 268⟩must either enter into the Kingdome of Christ or bee of the Divells kingdome still.
2And when secondly together with the necessity, the excellency of Christs Kingdom is discovered; that it is a state that will make us all Kings, a state wherein we shall at length overcome all opposition of hell, sin, death, the wrath of God, that whereas earthly Kingdoms are opposed and enthralled, and one dash against another, the Kingdom of Heaven is a state that subdues all that is against it by little and little: (as Christ overcame death, and the wrath of his Father, and now rules in Heaven in his person, so all his members shall overcome all in time) when the excellency of this Kingdom is laid open to the understandings of men, is it a wonder that their affections are set on fire, will any thing do it more then such a Kingdom?
2And when secondly together with the necessity, the excellencie of Christs Kingdome is discovered; that it is a state that will make us all Kings, a state wherein we shall at length overcome all opposition of hell, sinne, death, the wrath of God, that whereas earthly Kingdomes are opposed and inthralled, and one dash against another, the Kingdome of Heaven is a state that subdues all that is against it by little and little: (as Christ overcame death, and the wrath of his Father, and now rules in Heaven in his person, so all his members shall overcome all in time) when the excellencie of this Kingdome is laid open to the understandings of men, is it a wonder that their affections are set on fire, will any thing doe it more then such a Kingdome?