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Evangelical sacrifices In xix. sermons. I. Thankful commemorations for Gods mercy in our great…Evangelicall sacrifices In xix. sermons. I. Thankfull commemorations for Gods mercy in our great…
Evangelical sacrifices In xix. sermons. I. Thankful commemorations for Gods mercy in our great deliverance from the papists powder-plot. 2. The successful seeker. 3. Faith triumphant. 4. Special preparations to fit us for our latter end in four funeral sermons. 5. The faithful covenanter. 6. The demand of a good conscience. 7. The sword of the wicked. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibbs. Doctor in Divinity, Mr. of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher to the honourable society of Gray's-Inn. The third tome. Published and perused by D. Sibbs own appointment, subscribed with his hand to prevent imperfect copies after his decease.Evangelicall sacrifices In xix. sermons. I. Thankfull commemorations for Gods mercy in our great deliverance from the papists powder-plot. 2. The successefull seeker. 3. Faith triumphant. 4. Speciall preparations to fit us for our latter end in foure funerall sermons. 5. The faithfull covenanter. 6. The demand of a good conscience. 7. The sword of the wicked. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibbs. Doctor in Divinity, Mr. of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher to the honourable society of Grayes-Inne. The third tome. Published and perused by D. Sibbs owne appointment, subscribed with his hand to prevent imperfect copies after his decease.
London: printed by Thomas for N. Bourne, 1640
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.
Anabaptisticall spirits would not have children baptized, if they believe not: why then were the Children of the Jews circumcised? They were circumcised, because they were in Covenant: and is not the Covenant of grace enlarged? wherein doth the new Covenant differ from the old, but (among many other things) in the enlargement of it? there is now a new people, the Gentiles in Covenant, that were not before, new Priests, new sacrifices, new sacraments, all is new in the covenant of grace: if all be enlarged in the covenant, why should we deny the seal of the covenant to them in the new, that had it in the old, even children? It is senseless. The Scripture to meet with such, applieth baptism to them, and circumcision to us, to show, that in the covenant of grace, they are all one in effect, 1 Cor. 10. All they were baptized under the cloud, and S. Paul saith, 1 Colos. We are circumcised with circumcision, ⟨p. 159⟩without hands. We are circumcised, and they were baptized: to show I say that all are one in Christ. Christ is all one, yesterday, to day, and the same for ever, yesterday to them that were under the law, and to day to us under the Gospel, and for ever to posterity; and therefore if Children had interest in Christ then, so they have now. This is clear, and undeniable, God is the God of our Children.
Anabaptisticall spirits would not have children baptized, if they believe not: why then were the Children of the Iewes circumcised? They were circumcised, because they were in Covenant: and is not the Covenant of grace enlarged? wherein doth the new Covenant differ from the old, but (among many other things) in the enlargement of it? there is now a new people, the Gentiles in Covenant, that were not before, new Priests, new sacrifices, new sacraments, all is new in the covenant of grace: if all be enlarged in the covenant, why should we deny the seale of the covenant to them in the new, that had it in the old, even children? It is sencelesse. The Scripture to meete with such, applyeth baptisme to them, and circumcision to us, to shew, that in the covenant of grace, they are all one in effect, 1 Cor. 10. All they were baptized under the cloud, and S. Paul saith, 1 Colos. Wee are circumcised with circumcision, ⟨p. 159⟩