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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
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I but here is a third assault of grief again: for there is a spring of corruption in us, and such a principle in us, as will yield murmurings, and discontent again and again: therefore in the verse I have read to you, he comes again to complain, As with a sword in my bones mine enemies reproach me, while they say unto me daily, where is thy God. He had complained once of this before, but it had a fresh working with his thoughts again. As with a sword in my bones &c. Hereupon, he is forced the third time to expostulate, and to fall out with his soul: Why art thou cast down oh my soul, and why are thou disquieted? ⟨p. 210⟩hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. He comes to his former remedy, he had stilled his grief once before with the same meditation, and upbraiding of his own soul, and chiding himself: but he comes to it here as a probatum est, as a tried remedy, he takes up his soul very short, Why art thou so cast down oh my soul, Why art thou disquieted within me? You see how Davids passions here are interlaced with comforts, and his comforts with passions, till at last he gets the victory of his own heart. Beloved, neither sin, nor grief for sin are stilled, and quieted at the first. You have some short spirited Christians, if all be not quiet at the first, all is lost with them: but it is not so with a true Christian soul, with the best soul living; it was not so with David, when he was in distemper, he checks himself: the distemper was not yet stilled, he checks himself again, then the distemper breaks out again, then he checks himself again, and all little enough to bring his soul to a holy, blessed, quiet temper, to that blessed tranquillity & rest that the soul should be in, before it can enjoy its own happiness, and enjoy sweet communion with God. As you see in Physic; perhaps one Purge will not carry away the peccant humour, then a second must be added; perhaps that will not do it, then there must be a third: so when the soul hath been once checked, perhaps it will not do, we must fall to it again, ⟨p. 211⟩go to God again: And then it may be there will be breaking out of the grief and malady again; we must to it again, and never give over; that is the right temper of a Christian.
I but here is a third assault of griefe again: for there is a spring of corruption in us, and such a principle in us, as will yield murmurings, and discontent againe and againe: therefore in the verse I have read to you, he comes againe to complaine, As with a sword in my bones mine enemies reproach me, while they say unto me daily, where is thy God. He had complained once of this before, but it had a fresh working with his thoughts againe. As with a sword in my bones &c. Hereupon, he is forced the third time to expostulate, and to fall out with his soule: Why art thou cast downe oh my soule, and why are thou disquieted?