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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 is an evidence we are not persuaded, we 1come to Church, and attend upon the means, we go on in a course of sin; we are not divinely persuaded, God hath not persuaded our hearts, he hath not enlightened us. For if the covetous man were persuaded, that neither covetous nor extortioners should enter into the kingdom of heaven, would he not leave that course? Light and persuasion, alway rule the action: for we work, as we see, and are persuaded in every thing.
It is an evidence we are not perswaded, we 1come to Church, and attend upon the means, we goe on in a course of sinne; wee are not divinely perswaded, God hath not perswaded our hearts, he hath not enlightned us. For if the covetous man were perswaded, that neither covetous nor extortioners should enter into the kingdome of heaven, would hee not leave that course? Light and perswasion, alway rule the action: for we work, as we see, and are perswaded in every thing.
- 1Evidence that we are not persuaded.Evidence that we are not perswaded.
The very beasts do as they see, and as sense leads them: an Ass bears burdens, you know nature hath s•amed, and made him for it: but can you drive the silly creature into the fire? he knows that will consume him. So that men they are brutish, they will not be persuaded by the spirit of God, they run into courses, that if they had light in their souls, and if they were persuaded whither it tends, they would never run into hell fire. If there were a pit open before a m•ns eyes, would he plunge himself into that pit that were before his eyes? A man that lives in sins against conscience, he runs into a pit. There are no manner of liars, of who• mongers, of covetous persons, of such wretches as take the name of God in vain, that shall escape unpunished. Men lead a life in a course wherein they see a pit before them, and yet they run on; are they persuaded. No, no, certainly they are not persuaded.