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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.
It is not any faith that we candy by, it must […] a faith that we have exercised, and tried before; it is a tried, a proved faith, that we must end our days by: For alas, when death comes, if we have not learned to live by faith before, how can we end our days in faith? He that while he lives will not trust God with his children, that will not trust God with his soul; he that will not trust God with his estate, but will use ill means, and put his hand to ill ⟨p. 206⟩courses to gain by; he that will not trust […] for his inheritance, that will not cast his br• upon the waters, and trust GOD to see […] gain; he that will not do this while he live how shall he trust God for body and soul, […] all in death? he cannot do it. It must be• faith that is daily exercised, and tried, wher• by we must commit our souls to God w• we dye, that we may dye in that faith: t• we may be able to say, all the days of […] life, I had experience of Gods goodness, […] depended upon him, and I have found him […] in all his promises; I committed my self, an• my ways to him, and I found him good, a• gracious in blessing me, I found him giving […] a good issue, and now I am strengthened there by, to trust GOD that hath been so true […] me all my life time, I will trust him […] with my soul, that he will never fail• me.
It is not any faith that we candie by, it must 〈…〉 a faith that we have exercised, and tryed •efore; it is a tryed, a proved faith, that wee must end our dayes by: For alas, when death comes, if we have not learned to live by faith before, how can wee end our dayes in faith? He that while he lives will not trust God with his children, that will not trust God with his soule; he that will not trust God with his estate, but will use ill means, and put his hand to ill ⟨p. 206⟩