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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.
Indeed a company of wretches,1 that rest in their baptism, being profane swearers, vile persons, abusers of their calling, or any thing, can say, are not we baptized? ⟨p. 94⟩and do not we come to Church? but they forget that this is an obligation on them to be good, & no excuse for them to be evil. It tieth thee to renounce that thou livest in, else thou deniest thy baptism.
Indeed a company of wretches,1 that rest in their baptisme, being prophane swearers, vile persons, abusers of their calling, or any thing, can say, are not wee baptized? ⟨p. 94⟩and doe not wee come to Church? but they forget that this is an obligation on them to be good, & no excuse for them to be evil. It tieth thee to renounce that thou livest in, else thou deniest thy baptisme.
- 1Ungodly men deny their baptism.Vngodly men deny their baptisme.
We must know, beloved, that Christ loved us, not as we love a goodly Pillar, or other curious piece of Art, that cannot love us again: but the intercourse between God and man, is mutual. If he say, he is ours, we say again, I am thine Lord, and give my self to thee, and the claim is mutual. He claimeth us for his, and we claim him for ours: for he deals with reasonable creatures, that can enter into covenant with him as friends. We must therefore give up all to God. If God be God,1 let us own him. And as we cannot serve Christ and sin, We cannot serve Christ and Antichrist, we cannot comply with Christ & his enemies. Those that have the mark of the beast, absolutely cannot be Christs, nor have communion with him, but are enemies to Christ,