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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
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This should teach us this lesson, that Gods promises are not empty shells, they are real things. And then whatsoever God promiseth 1it is not barely propounded to the soul but in a promise, it is wrapped up in a promise: he gives us not empty promises nor naked things, but he gives us promises of things which we must exercise our faith in, in depending upon him for the performance of them till we be put in possession. For here all the blessings they looked for, is wrapped up in the name promises; they received not the promises; the meaning is, they received not Canaan; they received not Christ in the flesh, not life everlasting. Now the believing soul, it looks upon all the good things that it looks for from God, not nakedly, but as they ⟨p. 211⟩are involved, and wrapped, and lapped up in promises, it must have a word for it, it looks to GODS word. For the soul looks not now immediately as it shall do in heaven, it looks not to God, and to Christ directly: but it looks to Christ and heaven, and happiness, as it is in a promise. It dares not expect any thing of God but by a promise. Alas the guilty soul, how dares it look God in the face but by a promise? except he have engaged himself by promise, and he hath engaged himself by promise that he will do it, he hath pawned his faithfulness that he will do it: and then the soul looks to the promise, and in that it looks to Christ, and grace, and heaven, and happiness, and all good things.
This should teach us this lesson, that Gods promises are not emptie shells, they are reall things. And then whatsoever God promiseth 1it is not barely propounded to the soule but in a promise, it is wrapped up in a promise: hee gives us not emptie promises nor naked things, but hee gives us promises of things which we must exercise our faith in, in depending upon him for the performance of them till we be put in possession. For here all the blessings they looked for, is wrapped up in the name promises; they received not the promises; the meaning is, they received not Canaan; they received not Christ in the flesh, not life everlasting. Now the believing soule, it lookes upon all the good things that it looks for from God, not nakedly, but as they ⟨p. 211⟩