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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
SAINT PAULS CHALLENGE. › Who shall be against us?SAINT PAVLS CHALLENGE. › Who shall be against us?
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Again,1 let us not be over much discouraged with our infirmities and corruptions; If God be with us, who can be against us? Our corruptions are against us, and they are worse to me than the Devil, and all enemies, saith a poor Christian. Indeed they are, for the devil hath no advantage against us, but by our corruptions: but if thou account thy corruptions thine enemies, they are Gods enemies, and Christs enemies, as well as thine, he will be with thee, and thy corruptions shall more and more be wasted; for the flesh shall fall before the spirit, this Dagon shall fall before this blessed Ark; stronger is he that is in us, than he that is in the world. The Spirit of God is stronger in us, than corruption in us, or the world without us; it ministers stronger grounds of comfort than all other can do of discomfort. If you be under the spirit and under grace, sin shall not have dominion over you: It may be in you, but it shall not have dominion, because ye are under the ⟨p. 86⟩covenant of grace. Therefore though corruption be in us, for our exercise and humiliation, yet it shall not be against us, to abridge us of comfort; they serve to drive us nearer to God. Let none be discouraged, Christ came to destroy the works of the Devil; therefore he came to destroy sin in us, which is the work of the Devil, he came to take away, not only the guilt, but the very being of sin, as he will at last: for if God and Christ be with us, who shall be against us?
Againe,1 let us not be over much discouraged with our infirmities and corruptions; If God be with us, who can be against us? Our corruptions are against us, and they are worse to me than the Devill, and all enemies, saith a poore Christian. Indeed they are, for the devill hath no advantage against us, but by our corruptions: but if thou account thy corruptions thine enemies, they are Gods enemies, and Christs enemies, as well as thine, hee will be with thee, and thy corruptions shall more and more be wasted; for the flesh shall fall before the spirit, this Dagon shall fall before this blessed Arke; stronger is hee that is in us, than he that is in the world. The Spirit of God is stronger in us, than corruption in us, or the world without us; it ministers stronger grounds of comfort than all other can doe of discomfort. If you bee under the spirit and under grace, sinne shall not have dominion over you: It may be in you, but it shall not have dominion, because yee are under the