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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 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 ⟨p. 232⟩revelation in the word discovering such things, and also to spiritual light a spiritual eye: when the spirit puts an eye into the soul to see supernatural things that reason cannot attain to; then there is persuasion: though all the world should persuade the soul that such a thing were not so, it would say it is so, it will believe its own eyes. If all the world should persuade a Christian that there is no such excellency in religion, that his ways are not good, that he is but foolish, &c. he knows the contrary, and will not be scorned out of his religion, and driven out of it by any contrary persuasion of men whom he pities (though perhaps they are otherwise beyond him) in the state of nature: for sight it is a convincing thing.
It was such a sight of the things as was 1with convincing; with perswasion. And indeed this followes well upon sight: for sight of all other sences perswades best: hearing is not so perswasive as sight: supernaturall sight: brings forth supernaturall perswasion. Sight is a convincing sense even outward sight: so inward sight it is a convincing thing it perswades, and sets downe the soule that a thing is so, when a man sees it. All the men in 2the world cannot perswade the weakest man in the world, when it is day, or night; when the sunne shines, or it is darke, that it is not so: when he sees it, he will believe his owne eyes more than all the world besides. And as it is in sensible things, we believe our owne eyes: so much more in spirituall things we believe our eyes. When there is a spirituall light of