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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.
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In the New Testament we are commanded to bless, and not to curse. It is a common fault, upon every distemper to fall a cursing, and oft times it lights as an Arrow shot upwards upon the head of the Curser: we are people of Gods blessing, all true Believers, and we should delight in blessing, having felt the blessing of God our selves upon our souls, we should be moved to blessing; both by way of gratitude to those that are our superiors, and have done us good, that God would bless them: and by way of amity, and friend-ship ⟨p. 105⟩to those that are under us, or about us; and by way of mercy to our very enemies; we should pray for, and bless our very enemies themselves, as our Blessed Saviour prayed for them that cursed him. This should be our ordinary disposition, we should be all for blessing. As for curses we must take heed, that we direct them not against any particular person, we have 1no such warrant, though the Primitive Church pronounced a curse against Julian, a notable Enemy: And Saint Paul, he cursed Alexander the Copper-smith; but for us this time, the safety way is to pronounce all those curses in the Psalms, and else where in Scripture, upon the implacable, and incorrigible enemies of the Church, the whole body of the malignant Church, and so we should not err. I will not dwell longer upon this Argument, only I thought good to remember you to regard the blessing, of those that have the Spirit of God to bless, especially that have a calling to do it, and to take heed of cursing. But to come to the particulars. Cursed be the Man before the Lord.
In the New Testament we are commanded to blesse, and not to curse. It is a common fault, upon every distemper to fall a cursing, and oft times it lights as an Arrow shot upwards upon the head of the Curser: wee are people of Gods blessing, all true Believers, and wee should delight in blessing, having felt the blessing of God our selves upon our soules, we should be moved to blessing; both by way of gratitude to those that are our superiours, and have done us good, that God would blesse them: and by way of amity, and friend-ship ⟨p. 105⟩to those that are under us, or about us; and by way of mercy to our very enemies; we should pray for, and blesse our very enemies themselves, as our Blessed Saviour praied for themthat cursed him. This should be our ordinary disposition, wee should be all for blessing. As for curses wee must take heed, that wee direct them not against any particular person, we have