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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
THE SPIRITUAL JUBILEE. › And of Death.THE SPIRITVALL IVBILE. › And of Death.
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3And the third degree of it is, when body and soul shall be joined together; then there is an eternal separation of both, from the presence of God, and an adjudging of them to eternal torments in hell. This is the state of all men that are not in Christ, they are dead in soul while they live; dead after the ⟨p. 27⟩separation of the soul and body; and after to be adjudged to eternal damnation, world without end. Life is a sweet thing, and we know death it is terrible; when we would set out our hatefulness to any thing, we use to say, I hate it as death: do we love life, and do we hate death? we should labour then to be out of that condition, that we are all in by nature, wherein we are under sin and death, in regard of spiritual life (I mean) for, for civill life, and government, and policy, men may have life and vigour enough, that are hypocrites: but I speak of a better life, an eternal life, that is not subject to death.
3And the third degree of it is, when body and soule shall be joyned together; then there is an eternall separation of both, from the presence of God, and an adjudging of them to eternall torments in hell. This is the state of all men that are not in Christ, they are dead in soule while they live; dead after the ⟨p. 27⟩separation of the soule and body; and after to be adjudged to eternall damnation, world without end. Life is a sweet thing, and wee know death it is terrible; when we would set out our hatefulnesse to any thing, wee use to say, I hate it as death: doe wee love life, and doe we hate death? we should labour then to be out of that condition, that we are all in by nature, wherein we are under sinne and death, in regard of spirituall life (I meane) for, for civill life, and government, and policy, men may have life and vigour enough, that are hypocrites: but I speake of a better life, an eternall life, that is not subject to death.
- 3At the day of Indgment.