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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.
Oh this favour and face of God it is a sweet thing, this presence of God. What is heaven, but the presence of God there? Let God be present in a dungeon, it will be a paradise; let God be absent, Paradise, it is as a hell or dungeon, as it was to Adam; after he had sinned he run to hide himself. What is hell, but the want of Gods presence, Gods face and favour is not there? What makes hell in the heart of a man? God is not there, but leaves the heart to its own darkness, and confusion; oh, therefore the face, and favour of God, seek that especially.
Oh this favour and face of God it is a sweet thing, this presence of God. What is heaven, but the presence of God there? Let God be present in a dungeon, it will be a paradise; let God be absent, Paradise, it is as a hell or dungeon, as it was to Adam; after he had sinned he runne to hide himselfe. What is hell, but the want of Gods presence, Gods face and favour is not there? What makes hell in the heart of a man? God is not there, but leaves the heart to its owne darknesse, and confusion; oh, therefore the face, and favour of God, seeke that especially.
Again to seek the face of God, is to pray to him, to put this in execution in prayer: every 1where in Scripture, it is all one, to pray, and to seek Gods face, it is called the spirit of prayer: which because I have spoken of at large out of another Scripture, I will now say nothing of it.
Againe to seeke the face of God, is to pray to him, to put this in execution in prayer: every 1where in Scripture, it is all one, to pray, and to seeke Gods face, it is called the spirit of prayer: which because I have spoken of at large out of another Scripture, I will now say nothing of it.
- 1To pray to him