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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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If we put not to our helping hand, to that we pray for, it is a contradiction. Those therefore that live scandalous lives, i• scandalous courses and ⟨p. 117⟩speeches, and hinder the conversion of peoples souls, and labour to draw them to wicked hellish courses, when they post to hell themselves, and labour to draw others into cursed society with them selves, they cannot truly say, as the Church here, Come. Let us take it to heart, that we do not mock, and dally with Religion, it is a greater matter then we take it for. It is impossible, but a Christian that saith his prayers in earnest, should be thus affected, unless we make a mockery of Religion.
If wee put not to our helping hand, to that wee pray for, it is a contradiction. Those therefore that live scandalous lives, i• scandalous courses and ⟨p. 117⟩speeches, and hinder the conversion of peoples soules, and labour to draw them to wicked hellish courses, when they post to hell themselves, and labour to draw others into cursed society with them selves, they cannot truly say, as the Church here, Come. Let us take it to heart, that we doe not mocke, and dally with Religion, it is a greater matter then we take it for. It is impossible, but a Christian that saith his prayers in earnest, should be thus affected, unlesse wee make a mockery of Religion.
Again,3 if we can indeed say Come, there will be a fitting for this coming, a preparing our selves for it, for our going to Christ. Is it not so in civill things? and doth not grace work that, that nature doth in a higher degree? If we desire that a great person should come to us, will there not be a fitting of our houses, of our apparel, and entertainment ••table to the worth of the person? or else a man may say, surely you looe for no body this day, there is nothing fitted, and prepared: so if we pretend we desire Christ to Come, and yet notwith standing we are careless of getting knowledge, and of purging our souls, of growing in grace, careless of being such as Christ may delight to come unto: This carelessness of fitting, and preparing our selves, shows that we do but in hypocrisy speak the words, when we have no such thing in our hearts. Those that desire the Kingdom of Christ, and the happy condition of Christians in another world, they desire the way of it here,