A12166:890
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.
I beseech you there for […] name of Christ, for it is our office that are […] Christ and his […] together […]phi, friends of the Bridegroom, […] new Testament. Let me […] you in […], […] those […] not […] given up their names to Christ […] […] with […] all to him in […] man, in […] judgements and will be and affections• and than you shall find […] condition in this world. Indeed […] fort of this condition, to be indeed and not in outward profession […] covenant with Christ, to be […] to him […] if you will take liberty […] the profession of Religion, to live loosely, to be wearers, &c filthy persons; to use your tongues as you lift, as if you had made no promise to Christ, as indeed we all have, what will be the confusion of your souls ere long? ⟨p. 106⟩oh, that we dallied with Religion, that we were entreated to be as we should be by all sweet bonds, and yet we preferred our own lusts, and base affections. This will be the aggravation of hell and damnation it self; this entreaty of Christ, and the excellent prerogatives and privileges, that we have in Christ; and in the mean time we stand more upon our own base courses, and will not leave any thing, to give up our selves to Christ: but I mean not to dwell on this point. This is the person: The Bride, she is called the Bride, 1and not the wife, because she is only contracted here on earth; and she is called the Bride, in opposition to the whore of Babylon in this Book, that is, the filthy adulteress, the false Church. The true Church of Christ is a Bride, and a virgin, in heaven she shall be a wife: the false Church is a whore; she defiles her self with Idolatry and abominations: so partly for distinction from it self, in heaven where it shall be a wife, and partly in opposition to the false Church, she is here called a Bride.
I beseech you there for 〈…〉 name of Christ, for it is our office that are 〈…〉 Christ and his 〈…〉 together 〈…〉phi, friends of the Bridegroome, 〈…〉 new Testament. Let me 〈…〉 you in 〈…〉, those not given up their names to Christ with all to him in man, in judgements and wil be and affections and than you shall find condition in this world. Indeed fort of this condition, to be indeed and not in outward profession covenant with Christ, to be to him if you will take liberty the profession of Religion, to live loosely, to be wearers, &c filhy persons; to use your tongues as you lift, as if you had made no promise to Christ, as indeed we all have, what will be the confusion of your soules ere long?