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The Christians end. Or, The sweet sovereignty of Christ, over his members in life…The Christians end. Or, The sweet soveraignty of Christ, over his members in life…
The Christians end. Or, The sweet sovereignty of Christ, over his members in life and death Wherein is contained the whole scope of the godly mans life, with divers rules, motives and encouragements, to live and die to Jesus Christ. Being the substance of five sermons preached to the honourable society of Gray's Inn, by that learned and faithful minister of Gods Word, Richard Sibbes, D.D. and sometimes preacher to that honourable society.The Christians end. Or, The sweet soveraignty of Christ, over his members in life and death VVherein is contained the whole scope of the godly mans life, with divers rules, motives and incouragements, to live and die to Iesus Christ. Being the substance of five sermons preached to the honorable society of Grayes Inne, by that learned and faithfull minister of Gods Word, Richard Sibbes, D.D. and sometimes preacher to that honorable societie.
London: printed by Thomas Harper and Eliot's Court Press for Lawrence Chapman, 1639
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.
And as the death of his Saints are precious, so are all the things the Saints have, 1their credit is precious, their goods are precious: God taketh notice of every thing they part with for his sake. As he, and all his, is ours, himself, his happiness, his spirit, his privileges: so when we are his, all ours are his; he taketh care of our lives, of our deaths, of our credits, of our riches, of our estates: we part with nothing for him, but he considers it, and will reward it abundantly.
And as the death of his Saints are pretious, so are all the things the Saints have, 1their credit is pretious, their goods are pretious: God taketh notice of everie thing they part with for his sake. As he, and all his, is ours, himselfe, his happines, his spirit, his priviledges: so when wee are his, all ours are his; hee taketh care of our lives, of our deaths, of our credits, of our riches, of our estates: wee part with nothing for him, but he considers it, and will reward it aboundantly.
- 1Whatsoever they have, is precious to the Lord.Whatsoever they have, is pretious to the Lord.
He that dyeth in the Lord, is a blessed man, so saith the spirit, the flesh will not say so, but rather will infer, who would be so religious? for such venture their lives▪ and are counted as the offscouring of the world. The Devil will teach this Lesson, and the world. As they have lived in the flesh, and will sell all to be some body in ⟨p. 71⟩the World, though they go to hell when they have done. But saith the Spirit, blessed are they who not only die for the Lord, as Martyrs, but that die in the Lord, whether to seal the truth of God with their blood, or other wise, they die happily & so this is a ground of special comfort.