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Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverend divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…
Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverend divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Gray's Inn in LondonDivine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Grayes Inne in London
London: printed by Tho. Cotes for John Crooke and Richard Sergier, 1638London: printed by Tho. Cotes for Iohn Crooke and Richard Sergier, 1638
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We must not only stand for the truth, but we §112must stand for it in a holy manner, and not swagger for it, as proud persons do, we must observe that in the first of Peter 2. 15. to do it in meekness and fear; we must not bring passion to Gods cause, nor must our lives give our tongues the lie.
Wee must not onely stand for the truth, but we §112must stand for it in a holy manner, and not swagger for it, as proud persons doe, we must observe that in the first of Peter 2. 15. to doe it in meekenesse and feare; wee must not bring passion to Gods cause, nor must our lives give our tongues the lie.
There is such a distance §113between corrupt nature and grace, that we must have a great deal of preparation; and though there be nothing in preparation, to bring the soul to have Grace, yet it brings the ⟨p. 73⟩soul to a nearer distance, than those that are wild persons.
There is such a distance §113betweene corrupt nature and grace, that wee must have a great deale of preparation; and though there be nothing in preparation, to bring the soule to have Grace, yet it brings the ⟨p. 73⟩soule to a nearer distance, than those that are wilde persons.