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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.
For (beloved) there is always an harmony between ⟨p. 35⟩the heart and the brain, between the understanding, and the will and affections: What we assent to as true, and consent to as good, that we shall both desire and pray for. Therefore, if you know there will be a glorious coming of Christ, and if you assent to it, that the best times are yet to come, surely, there will be this prayer too. There is alway a sweet agreement and harmony between a sound convinced knowledge and gracious affections. Hence it is, that in Scripture what we do not wish and affect, we are said, not to know. We see not things in their proper light, when we ⟨p. 36⟩know and affect them not; but we have received them only by tradition, & from others. But when we see proper things with a proper light, spiritual things with a spiritual light; then there will be always prayers & desires accordingly. As the Church here, after Amen, Even so, there is the desire; Come Lord Jesus, there is her prayer.
For (beloved) there is alwayes an harmonie betweene ⟨p. 35⟩the heart and the braine, betweene the understanding, and the will and affections: What we assent to as true, and consent to as good, that we shall both desire and pray for. Therefore, if you know there will be a glorious comming of Christ, and if you assent to it, that the best times are yet to come, surely, there will be this prayer too. There is alway a sweet agreement and harmonie betweene a sound convinced knowledge and gracious affections. Hence it is, that in Scripture what we doe not wish and affect, we are said, not to know. We see not things in their proper light, when wee ⟨p. 36⟩know and affect them not; but we have received them onely by tradition, & from others. But when we see proper things with a proper light, spirituall things with a spirituall light; then there will be alwayes prayers & desires accordingly. As the Church here, after Amen, Even so, there is the desire; Come Lord Iesus, there is her prayer.