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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.
God would have things in the Church done by such people, the very building of the Tabernacle was done by such voluntary people, •hat brought in, as God moved their hearts. Oh (Beloved) a Christian knows what it is to have a Royal Spirit, a free spirit. David knew it, when he had lost it by his sin, he pra•ed that he might have a free spirit, a cheerful spirit in the service of God, and in his particular calling: for sin darkens, and straitens the soul. Thy face will I seek, his heart was weary, and pliable now as God would have it.
God would have things in the Church done by such people, the very building of the Ta•ernacle was done by such voluntary people, •hat brought in, as God moved their hearts. Oh (Beloved) a Christian knowes what it is to have a Royall Spirit, a free spirit. David knew it, when he had lost it by his sin, he pra•ed that he might have a free spirit, a cheerfull spirit in the service of God, and in his particular calling: for sin darkens, and straitens the soule. Thy face will I seeke, his heart was weary, and pliable now as God would have it.
So should our hearts be, and they will be so, if we have the Spirit of God, ready, and cheerful. God hath none to fight his battles against Satan, and the Kingdom of Darkness, but voluntaries: all Gods people are voluntaries, they are not pressed soldiers; I mean, not against their wills in that sense. Indeed they have press-money in Baptism, to fight against the world, the flesh, and the Devil; but they are not pressed, they are voluntaries, they know they serve a good General, that will pay them abundantly; therefore they labour to be voluntary: It is a good saying, there is no virtue in ⟨p. 162⟩men that do things against their wills: for that is virtue, and grace that comes from a man, from his own principles, from cheerfulness, God loves a cheerful giver. I might enlarge this, but I do but take it, as it may strengthen the point: our obedience to God, it must be pliable, and cheerful, and voluntary.