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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
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1First as he is God, the Son of God, the engraven Image of his Father, so he is primum amabile, the first lovely thing that ever was, ⟨p. 23⟩when the Father loves him, he loves himself in him, so he loves him as God, as the second person, as his own image and character.
1First as he is God, the Sonne of God, the engraven Image of his Father, so he is primum amabile, the first lovely thing that ever was, ⟨p. 23⟩when the Father loves him, he loves himselfe in him, so he loves him as God, as the second person, as his owne image and character.
- 1As God.
And as man he loves him,2 for as man he was the most excellent creature in the world, he was conceived, fashioned, and framed in his mothers womb by the Holy Ghost. It is said, Heb. 10.5. God gave him a body, God the Father by the Holy Ghost fashioned and framed, and fitted him with a body, therefore God must needs love his own workmanship.
And as man he loves him,2 for as man he was the most excellent creature in the world, he was conceived, fashioned, and framed in his mothers wombe by the Holy Ghost. It is said, Heb. 10.5. God gave him a body, God the Father by the Holy Ghost fashioned and framed, and fitted him with a body, therefore God must needs love his owne workmanship.