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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.
A presumptuous idle person that knows not 1what God is, that he is a consuming fire, he rusheth into Gods presence. Faith dares not go to God but first it pleads his word to him, it pleads his promise to him; it looks on God by a promise. The very phrase enforceth this upon us that we should make great account of the promises, because we have all good wrapped in them. The promises are the swaddling clouts; Christ, and Heaven, is wrapped in them. And when we have a promise, let us think we are rich indeed, for God will perform his promise. From the promise then the soul goes to the nature of GOD, then it thinks of his justice, his justice ties him to perform it; it thinks of his mercy, ⟨p. 212⟩and truth, faithful it he that hath promised. Then it thinks of that great name Jehovah, that gives being to the world, gives being to […] things, nay, and that will turn all things that are now to nothing, as when they were nothing he gave them being at the first: that Jehovah hath made these promises of life everlasting, of necessary grace to bring us thither, he hath made a promise of perseverance, and of comfort under the cross, and affliction, a promise of provision, and the like. That great God Jehovah that gave being to all is faithful, he hath bound himself, he hath laid his faithfulness to pawn, that he will make all good, that is here promised. The soul after it sees the promise it riseth up, and looks to God. They received not the promises, that is, the things promised, so much I desire to observe from the phrase. They received not the promises.
A presumptuous idle person that knowes not 1what God is, that he is a consuming fire, he rusheth into Gods presence. Faith dares not go to God but first it pleads his word to him, it pleads his promise to him; it lookes on God by a promise. The very phrase inforceth this upon us that we should make great account of the promises, because we have all good wrapped in them. The promises are the swadling clouts; Christ, and Heaven, is wrappped in them. And when wee have a promise, let us thinke we are rich indeed, for God will performe his promise. From the promise then the soule goes to the nature of GOD, then it thinkes of his justice, his justice ties him to performe it; it thinkes of his mercie, ⟨p. 212⟩