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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 our bodies are wholly his too, and therefore we must be content that our bodies should be used as they used his body. He gave his body for us, he took our nature, and in that nature went about doing good, suffering hardship, he was hungry and thirsty, he was crucified in our nature, suffered in our nature: and so should we be content our natures should be used as he would have them, to take much pains in doing good, to suffer hunger, thirst, restraint, yea death it self for Christ, because we are Christs? it is no more than he did for us; he being our Lord, was abased for us in his blessed body, and flesh, and therefore shall not we suffer for him?
And our bodies are wholly his too, and therefore wee must be content that our bodies should bee used as they used his body. He gave his body for us, he tooke our nature, and in that nature went about doing good, suffering hardship, hee was hungry and thirsty, hee was crucified in our nature, suffered in our nature: and so should we be content our natures should be used as he would have them, to take much pains in doing good, to suffer hunger, thirst, restraint, yea death it selfe for Christ, because wee are Christs? it is no more than hee did for us; hee being our Lord, was abased for us in his blessed body, and flesh, and therefore shall not wee suffer for him?
So our conditions are his, suffer him therefore to cut us out a portion, to allot us any condition.
So our conditions are his, suffer him therfore to cut us out a portion, to allot us any condition.
The word implieth more particularly an application to our selves, we are the ⟨p. 90⟩Lords, and the Lord is ours.