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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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Again in the third place observe this in general, that God sets down David here ⟨p. 167⟩only as he was a good man, and passeth by all his infirmities and breaches: whereas alas David▪ life was woven with good and ill▪ there were some ill spots in that excellent garment; there were some ill parenthesis made in that excellent speech; there was somewhat (by the infirmity of man) that was not so good: but doth God speak of that when he mentions David? Oh no! But David after he had served God in his generation, &c. The spirit of God in Saint Paul, passeth by all that was amiss, and sets down that which is good; to show us this comfortable point,1 that God values those that are in Christ, (and have repented of their sins) not by what they have been, or have done at some time: but by what they are, and what they resolve to be.
Again in the third place observe this in generall, that God sets down David here ⟨p. 167⟩only as he was a good man, and passeth by all his in•irmities and breaches: whereas alas David▪ life was woven with good and ill▪ there were some ill spots in that excellent garment; there were some ill parenthesis made in that excellent speech; there was somewhat (by the infirmity of man) that was not so good: but doth God speak of that when he mentions David? Oh no! But David after he had served God in his generation, &c. The spirit of God in Saint Paul, passeth by all that was amisse, and sets down that which is good; to shew us this comfortable point,1 that God values those that are in Christ, (and have repented of their sinnes) not by what they have been, or have done at some time: but by what they are, and what they resolve to be.
- 1By what God values his children.