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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.
As the greatest blessings are from the coming of Christ; so from the same is the most terrible threatening. There is not such a terrible curse in all the Scriptures again, as that is in the Corinthians. So that, The Lord shall come 1in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to all them that know him not, and that obey not the Gospel: therefore take heed of this.
As the greatest blessings are from the comming of Christ; so from the same is the most terrible threatning. There is not such a terrible curse in all the Scriptures againe, as that is in the Corinthians. So that, The Lord shall come 1in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to all them that know him not, and that obey not the Gospel: therefore take heed of this.
Try it again by holy 1exercises. They that desire indeed the coming of Christ they exercise themselves ⟨p. 78⟩much in holiness: they exercise themselves in the beginning of Heaven here upon earth, in reading and hearing the Word, in the communion of Saints, in praying, and acquainting themselves with God, &c. In what else shall we be employed, when we come to Heaven? There shall be the perfection of these graces, and exercises begun here upon earth. Many a profane wretches heart swells when he comes to prayer, or any divine exercise; he is proudly brought up, and his heart is not subdued to holy exercises here. Heaven will not brook such, and such ⟨p. 79⟩