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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.
Whence comes this in God, the at ribute o• 1goodness, the spreading goodness in his […] ture, that he desires to impart, and to comm• nicate himself?
Whence comes this in God, the at ribute o• 1goodnesse, the spreading goodnesse in his 〈…〉 ture, that he desires to impart, and to comm• nicate himselfe?
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There is no envy in God, he hath none above 1him, and therefore he labours to make all good▪ There is a mystery in it, but if some be […] good, the fault is in themselves; as it is a prerogative in him to make some more, and some le• good; so there is a fault in them: that I […] no better, it is my own fault. The prerogative belongs to God, we must not search into that: but every man may say, I might have been better, and more enlarged, I did not seek his face, that he might take occasion to enlarge himself towards me; would we be like our heavenly Father? let us labour to have large affections, to have a spreading goodness.
There is no envie in God, he hath none above 1him, and therefore he labours to make al good▪ There is a mysterie in it, but if some bee good, the fault is in themselvs; as it is a prerogative in him to make some more, and some le good; so there is a fault in them: that I no better, it is my owne fault. The prerogative belongs to God, we must not search into that: but every man may say, I might have beene better, and more enlarged, I did not seeke his face, that hee might take occasion to nlarge himselfe towards me; would wee be like our heavenly Father? let us labour to have large affections, to have a spreading goodnesse.