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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. › How comes this freedom?THE SPIRITVALL IVBILE. › How comes this freedome?
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.
1There is life in Christ, not only as God for so indeed he is life.1 God, his life is himself: for life is the being of a thing, and the actions, and moving, and vigour, and operations of a thing answerable to that being. So the life of God is his being. As I live saith the Lord, that is, as I am God, I will not the death of a sinner. Now, Christ hath life in him as God, as the Father hath: but that is not especially here meant.
1There is life in Christ, not onely as God for so indeed he is life.1 God, his life is himselfe: for life is the being of a thing, and the actions, and moving, and vigour, and operations of a thing answerable to that being. So the life of God is his being. As I live saith the Lord, that is, as I am God, I will not the death of a sinner. Now, Christ hath life in him as God, as the Father hath: but that is not especially here meant.
- 1Life in Christ.
- 1As God.
2There is life in Christ as God-man, as Mediator. Now, this life is that life, which is originally from the God-head: indeed it is ⟨p. 35⟩but the God-heads quickening, and giving life to the man-hood in Christ; the Spirit quickening, and sanctifying the man-hood. And we have no comfort by the life of God, as it is in Gods life alone severed: for alas, what communion have we with God without a Mediator? but our comfort is this, that God, who is the fountain of life, he became man, and having satisfied Gods Justice, he conveys life to us, he is our head, he hath life in himself as God, to impart spiritual life to all his members; so there is life in Christ, as Mediator.