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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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Day by day, their malice is fed with a spring, with a malicious heart. A malicious heart, and a slanderous tongue alway go well together. The Devil that was the first grand slanderer, hath communion with a malicious heart, ⟨p. 223⟩and he foments malice, and cherisheth that malicious poysonfull disposition: and a malicious disposition, never wants malicious words. As one saith, of anger, and fury, it ministereth weapons; so we may say of malice, and hatred, it ministereth words alway, a malicious heart will never want words. They say to me, daily, these are but circumstances, but yet they are somewhat considerable: for they tend to the aggravation of the disconsolate estate of this holy man; that he should meet with such wretched men, that had no pity at all on him, but say to him daily, Where is now thy God?
Day by day, their malice is fed with a spring, with a malicious heart. A malicious heart, and a slanderous tongue alway goe well together. The Divell that was the first grand slanderer, hath communion with a malicious heart, ⟨p. 223⟩and he foments malice, and cherisheth that malicious poysonfull disposition: and a malicious disposition, never wants malicious words. As one saith, of anger, and furie, it ministreth weapons; so we may say of malice, and hatred, it ministreth words alway, a malicious heart will never want words. They say to me, daily, these are but circumstances, but yet they are somewhat considerable: for they tend to the aggravation of the disconsolate estate of this holie man; that he should meet with such wretched men, that had no pittie at all on him, but say to him dayly, Where is now thy God?
You see then from hence, that God is a God (as the Prophet saith) oft times hiding himself, that God veils himself oft times to his children. Not only from the eyes of wicked men, that they think godly men deserted of God: but sometimes from the very sense, and feeling of Gods children themselves, they are in such desertions, that they are fain to complain that God hath hid himself, and is as a stranger to them. This is the state of Gods children in this world; though God love them dearly, as the apple of his eye, and as the signet on his hand: yet notwithstanding his carriage to them is oft times so strange, that those that look upon their estate in this world, think they are men (as it were) for lorn, and destitute