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Christs exaltation purchased by humiliation Wherein you may see mercy and misery meet together. Very useful I. For instructing the ignorant. II. For comforting the weak. III. For confirming the strong. By R. Sibbs D.D. and preacher of Gray's-Inn, London. Published by T.G. and P.N.Christs exaltation purchast by humiliation Wherein you may see mercy and misery meete together. Very vsefull I. For instructing the ignorant. II. For comforting the weake. III. For confirming the strong. By R. Sibbs D.D. and preacher of Grayes-Inne, London. Published by T.G. and P.N.
London: printed by Tho. Cotes, 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.
Here I might take just occasion, to reprove a company of men that live under the Gospel, that will be saved by Christ forsooth, but will not have Christ a Lord to rule over them, they will be ruled by rules of state, or rules of flesh, and blood, and their own lusts, by the rules of hell sometimes, so that they may have their own aims, their own ambition satisfied and raise themselves, to their own pitch ⟨p. 104⟩a disposition cursed, and opposite to that religion which they profess, for our life should be a living to Christ, and under Christ a living to the Church and state: But say they Let us break their bonds, and cast their cords from us, what do they think we will be awed with a company of poor preachers, away with them, we will have our wills, let us break their bonds in sunder. Christ sits in heaven, and laughs them all to scorn, Psal. 2. they shall know at length he will be no Saviour, where he is no Lord, if he may not rule them by his Spirit and holy directions while ⟨p. 105⟩they live, he will not own them when they dye, for you see the text joins both here, he dyed, and he is Lord, when he dyed there came water and blood out of his side, to show that he came not only to shed his blood, to dye, and to satisfy divine justice, but by water to cleanse us, and to fit us to be subject to his government, therefore those that take him as a Priest to dye and will not have him as a Lord they rent his offices, I do but touch these now.
Here I might take just occasion, to reproove a company of men that live under the Gospell, that will bee saved by Christ forsooth, but will not have Christ a Lord to rule over them, they will be ruled by rules of state, or rules of flesh, and blood, and their owne lusts, by the rules of hell sometimes, so that they may have their owne aimes, their owne ambition satisfied and raisethemselves, to their owne pitch ⟨p. 104⟩a disposition cursed, and opposite to that religion which they professe, for our life should be a living to Christ, and under Christ a living to the Church and state: But say they Let us breake their bonds, and cast their coards from us, what doe they thinke wee will be awed with a company of poore preachers, away with them, we will have our wills, let us breake their bonds in sunder. Christ sits in heaven, and laughes them all to scorne,