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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There is none stirreth up himself to take hold of thee.
There is none stirreth up himselfe to take hold of thee.
Insinuating that if we would lay hold of God,1 he will be stayed. To speak a little more particularly of this. God is so gracious that he will be stayed even by prayer, the way to stay God in his judgements and to lay hold of him and to keep him among us, it is prayer. Let us take notice now of the hand of God upon us; what is the means to stop his hand that he come not among us with his public judgements? It is prayer. The way to stop God and the Angel that hath his sword now drawn over our heads, it is prayer. God so condescends that he will be stopped by prayer; as we see in Exo. 13. he saith to Moses, let me alone, Moses prayed and alleged arguments to God that he should not confound his people, Let me alone saith he, insinuating that prayer binds Gods hands. So powerful is prayer that it binds the Almighty, it makes the omnipotent in some sort impotent, he cannot do that he would, he cannot execute his wrath, prayer binds him, when a company of Christians lay hold on him by prayer, he cannot do that he threateneth: the only way to lay hold of God is by prayer. In Ezek. 22. there is a complaint that none stood in the gap, insinuating ⟨p. 308⟩that if any had stood in the gap when the vengeance of God was coming abroad they might have prevented the wrath; the way to stand in the gap and to keep God is to pray and to p•ay heartily.
Insinuating that if we would lay hold of God,1