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The brides longing for her bride-grooms second coming A sermon preached at the funeral…The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall…
The brides longing for her bride-grooms second coming A sermon preached at the funeral of the right worshipful, Sir Thomas Crew, knight, sergeant at law to his majesty. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs.The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall of the right worshipfull, Sir Thomas Crevv, knight, sergeant at law to his maiestie. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs.
London: printed by E. Purslow for E. Langham, 1638
THE BRIDEGROOMS PROMISE: And, The BRIDES Prayer.THE BRIDEGROOMES PROMISE: And, The BRIDES Prayer.
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.
Because there is a suitableness of disposition, and 1a kind of connaturalness ⟨p. 13⟩between a sanctified heart and sanctified Truths, between an holy heart and holy things: insomuch, that if an holy Truth, never heard of before, be heard by an holy heart, it will yield present assent; for his heart is subdued so, that he hath an Amen for it presently.
Because there is a sutablenesse of disposition, and 1a kind of connaturalnesse ⟨p. 13⟩betweene a sanctified heart and sanctified Truths, betweene an holy heart and holy things: insomuch, that if an holy Truth, never heard of before, be heard by an holy heart, it will yeeld present assent; for his heart is subdued so, that he hath an Amen for it presently.
- 1Reas. 1.
There is a sweet relish 1in all Divine Truths, and suitable to the sweetness in them; there is a spiritual taste, which the Spirit of God puts into the soul of his children. Though there be never so much sweetness in things, if there be not a suitable taste, there is no relish in them. Therefore, the Spirit of ⟨p. 14⟩God in his children works a taste of the sweetness that is in the Word of God. And that is a main ground why they say Amen, especially to comfortable Truths.
There is a sweet relish