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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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And this will breed poverty of spirit in our judgements. Then let us labour for Humility in our affections, to bring our selves more to God, to stoop to him in fear and reverence. And Humility in our obedience and conversations to God and to men every way, let Humility spread it self over all the parts and powers of the soul and body, and over our whole lives, I cannot stand further upon that.
And this will breed poverty of spirit in our judgements. Then let us labour for Humility in our affections, to bring our selves more to God, to stoope to him in feare and reverence. And Humility in our obedience and conversations to God and to men every way, let Humility spread it selfe over all the parts and powers of the soule and body, and over our whole lives, I cannot stand further upon that.
Now here is verbal humiliation,1 that is by confession, expressing our humiliation by our words, as the people of God do here by confession, laying open our sins that God may cover them: what we hide God will never ⟨p. 288⟩cure:2 therefore we should take heed that now we are to deal with God, we lay open the bottom of our souls to him: let not the Iron be in the wound. You know a Chirurgeon can heal nothing if the Iron or poisoned arrow stick there. If there be corruption in the stomach it must up, if it be ill gotten goods, it will not digest, up it must all to God: For men except there be scruples that a man cannot free his conscience, there is no necessity, though great conveniency: but between God and thy soul open all by confession, and give not over till thou hast brought pardon to thy heart of that sin thou hast confessed. Every sleight confession is not enough, but it must be a resolved down right confession without guile of spirit, as it is in Psal. 32. this is the course that David takes there; until he dealt roundly with his soul without guile, His moisture was as the drought of Summer: he was in some dangerous disease that could not be cured. And do we look to be preserved from falling into sickness, or if we be sick, to be cured? We must begin the cure in our souls, lay open the wound to God, I said I will confess my sin, and thou forgavest me, he begins with confession. So all persons that either fear or are under any judgement, let them begin with laying open their souls to God: when the soul is healed he will heal the body presently after: for he lays sickness upon the body for the soul, and when the