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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.
Then again to help our sight of Christ, and happiness, let us get a fresh sight of our 1corruption, and sin every day: let us every day look on that terrifying object of our corruption of nature hang it in the eye of our souls as an odious object to humble us. Let us see every day what a corrupt heart we carry about us, see how odious these things are to God, how it offends him, see how it exposeth us to the wrath of God, if he should take us in the middest of our sins, and corruptions: let us have these things fresh in our eyes every day, and that will clear our sight. Men are loath to look in the book of their consciences, because they are loath to be disturbed from their pleasures.
Then againe to helpe our sight of Christ, and happinesse, let us get a fresh sight of our 1corruption, and sinne every day: let us every day look on that terrifying object of our corruption of nature hang it in the eye of our soules as an odious object to humble us. Let us see every day what a corrupt heart we carry about us, see how odious these things are to God, how it offends him, see how it exposeth us to the wrath of God, if he should take us in the middest of our sinnes, and corruptions: let us have these things fresh in our eyes every day, and that will cleare our sight. Men are loath to looke in the booke of their consciences, because they are loath to be disturbed from their pleasures.
- 13 Get a sight of corruption.
Let us see what need we stand in of Christ: the view of our corruptions will make us glad ⟨p. 231⟩to see a better object, it will make us turn our eyes to CHRIST, to the promises, and all things that we have by Christ, we shall be glad to look to him: What is the reason we have no more delight to see the glorious things afar off? We see not the dimension of our corruptions: for then we would be glad to see all the dimensions of Gods love in Christ, the height, and breadth, and depth and all. So much for that. They saw them a far off. They were persuaded of them.