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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.
Here is the work, and obedience, My heart said unto thee, &c. Davids heart was set in a good, and sanctified frame by God; it was between God, and his obedience. The heart is between God, and our obedience, as it were an Ambassador, it understands from God what God will have done▪ and then it lays a command upon the whole man. The hear▪ and conscience of man is partly divine, partly humane; it hath some divinity in it, especially if the man be a holy man. God speaks, and the heart speaks; God speaks to the Heart, and ⟨p. 146⟩the Heart speaks to us: And oft times when we hear conscience speaking to us, we neglect it; and as Saint Augustine said of himself, 1God spake often to me, and I was ignorant of it. When there is no command in the word, that the heart directly thinks of (as indeed many profane careless men, scarce have a Bible in their houses) God speaks to them thus, conscience speaks to them some broken command, that they learn against their wills, they heed it not, but David did not so, God said, Seek ye my face, his heart answers, thy face Lord will I seek.
Here is the worke, and obedience, My heart said unto thee, &c. Davids heart was set in a good, and sanctified frame by God; it was betweene God, and his obedience. The heart is betweene God, and our obedience, as it were an Embassado•r, it understands from God what God will have done▪ and then it layes a command upon the whole man. The hear▪ and conscience of man is partly divine, partly humane; it hath some divinity in it, especially if the man be a holy man. God speakes, and the heart speakes; God speakes to the Heart, and ⟨p. 146⟩the Heart speakes to us: And oft times when we heare conscience speaking to us, we neglect it; and as Saint Augustine said of himselfe, 1God spake often to me, and I was ignorant of it. When there is no command in the word, that the heart directly thinkes of (as indeed many prophane carelesse men, scarce have a Bible in their houses) God speakes to them thus, conscience speakes to them some broken command, that they learne against their wils, they heed it not, but David did not so, God said, Seekeyee my face, his heart answers, thy face Lord will I seeke.