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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.
The face of God, it is as the Sun to the creatures: when the Sun hides his face, what is there but darkness and night? What makes the night, but the absence of the Sun? What makes Winter, but the absence of the Sun? when he grows low and cannot heat the earth: So what makes winter in the soul, deadness and darkness and dullness ⟨p. 323⟩in Gods service? The absence of the face of God, God shines not on the soul. What makes night in the soul, when the soul is benighted with ignorance that it cannot see it self nor see the judgements of God? God sh•nes not, the Sun of righteousness shines not on that soul.
The face of God, it is as the Sunne to the creatures: when the Sunne hides his face, what is there but darkenesse and night? What makes the night, but the absence of the Sun? What makes Winter, but the absence of the Sunne? when he growes low and cannot heate the earth: So what makes winter in the soule, deadnesse and darkenesse and dullnesse ⟨p. 323⟩in Gods service? The absence of the face of God, God shines not on the soule. What makes night in the soule, when the soule is benighted with ignorance that it cannot see it selfe nor see the judgements of God? God sh•nes not, the Sunn of righteousnesse shines not on that soule.
God is the Sun of the creature, he gives life to the creature, what will become of the creature when God neither shines outwardly nor inwardly on it? As at the day of judgement, he shall take away outward comforts, there shall be no outward shining, and all inward comforts, they shall have no hope, he shall altogether hide his face: when God the Fountain of all good shall hide his face altogether from the creature, that is Hell: The place where God shines not outwardly with comforts nor inwardly, nor there shall be no hope of neither, but a place of horror and despair, that is hell, as the hell of this life is when God shines not on our souls.