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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.
As chaff,1 or things that have no solidity in them are blown away with a puff of wind: so it is with a man, if he be not a Christian set into, and gathered unto Christ. By the fall we all fell from God, and were scattered from him; sin blew the Angels out of Heaven, it blew Adam out of Paradise, and now Christ the second Adam gathers us to him again by his Word and Spirit, and so we have a solid and eternal being in him. But out of Christ our iniquities as a wind, and Gods judgements blow us all away first or last. Wicked men settle on their dregs a great while; but when Gods judgement comes, it blows them in this ⟨p. 318⟩world to this part, and that part oft-times when it pleaseth him to exercise his outward judgements, but if he do not blow them away here, he will give them a blast that shall send them to hell their centre. Out of Christ there is no solidity, no consistence or being for any man: therefore when Gods judgement comes it blows them away in this world, and at the hour of death sends them to hell, this is the state of all. Our iniquities like the wind take us away: he means here, they were blown out of Jury to Babylon. It was a strong blast that blew them out of their own Country.
As chaffe,1 or things that have no solidity in them are blowne away with a puffe of winde: so it is with a man, if he be not a Christian set into, and gathered unto Christ. By the fall we all fell from God, and were scattered from him; sinne blew the Angels out of Heaven, it blew Adam out of Paradice, and now Christ the second Adam gathers us to him againe by his Word and Spirit, and so we have a solid and eternall being in him. But out of Christ our iniquities as a winde, and Gods judgements blow us all away first or last. Wicked men settle on their dregs a great while; but when Gods judgement comes, it blowes them in this ⟨p. 318⟩world to this part, and that part oft-times when it pleaseth him to exercise his outward judgements, but if he doe not blow them away here, he will give them a blast that shall send them to hell their center. Out of Christ there is no solidity, no consistence or being for any man: therefore when Gods judgement comes it blowes them away in this world, and at the houre of death sends them to hell, this is the state of all. Our iniquities like the winde take us away: he meanes here, they were blowne out of Iury to Babylon. It was a strong blast that blew them out of their owne Country.