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…

There is a venom and a vanity in every thing §177without Grace, wherewith we are tainted, but ⟨p. 123⟩when Grace comes, it takes out the sting of all ill, and then it finds a good in the worst.

There is a venome and a vanitie in every thing §177without Grace, wherewith we are tainted, but ⟨p. 123⟩when Grace comes, it takes out the sting of all ill, and then it finds a good in the worst.

Christianity is a busy §178trade; if we look up to God, what a world of things are required in a Christian, to carry himself as he should do; a spirit of faith, a spirit of love, a spirit of joy and delight in him above all; and if we look to men, there are duties for a Christian to his Superiors, a spirit of subjection; to Equals he must carry a spirit of love; and to Inferiors, a spirit of pity and bounty; if we look to Satan, we have a commandment to resist him, and to watch against ⟨p. 124⟩the Tempter; if we look to the World, it is full of snares, there must be a great deal of spiritual watchfulness, that we be not surprised; if we look to our selves, there are required many duties to carry our vessels in honour, and to walk within the compass of the holy Ghost, to preserve the peace of our consciences, to walk answerable to our worth, as being the sons of God, and coheirs with Christ; he must dispense with himself in no sin, he must be a vessel prepared for every good work, he must baulk in no service that God calls him unto, and ⟨p. 125⟩