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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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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.
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 turne our eyes to CHRIST, to the promises, and all things that we have by Christ, we shal be glad to look to him: What is the reason we have no more delight to see the glorious things afarre 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 bredth, and depth and all. So much for that. They saw them a farre off. They were perswaded of them.
It was such a sight of the things as was 1with convincing; with persuasion. And indeed this follows well upon sight: for sight of all other senses persuades best: hearing is not so persuasive as sight: supernatural sight: brings forth supernatural persuasion. Sight is a convincing sense even outward sight: so inward sight it is a convincing thing it persuades, and sets down the soul that a thing is so, when a man sees it. All the men in 2the world cannot persuade the weakest man in the world, when it is day, or night; when the sun shines, or it is dark, that it is not so: when he sees it, he will believe his own eyes more than all the world besides. And as it is in sensible things, we believe our own eyes: so much more in spiritual things we believe our eyes. When there is a spiritual light of