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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.
The Devil fell from heaven at the preaching of the Word, at the preaching of the Gospel; the Apostles when they returned from preaching, told our Saviour that they saw Satan fall down like lightning. So Antichrist falls by the preaching of the Gospel, by the breath of the Lords mouth, he is not able to stand before it no more then Dagon before the Ark; the Word preached is as fire to consume him, so he is like the Dragon in that.
The Devill fell from heaven at the preaching of the Word, at the preaching of the Gospell; the Apostles when they returned from preaching, told our Saviour that they saw Sathan fall downe like lightning. So Antichrist fals by the preaching of the Gospel, by the breath of the Lords mouth, he is not able to stand before it no more then Dagon before the Arke; the VVord preached is as fire to consume him, so he is like the Dragon in that.
In disposition he is like the Dragon: The Devil is a Liar and a Murderer from the beginning, the father of lies; so likewise the Pope is a Liar, all Popery is nothing but lies; therefore 2 Thess. 2. it is said, They are given over to believe lies, Popery is a grand lie, it is a lie in the primacy,; for it came in by forgery and intrusion, it is a lie in Purgatory, which is a mere conceit; it is a lie in their miracles, which they have devised to maintain their ⟨p. 12⟩false worship with; It is a lie in their works of supererogation, that they can fulfil more then the Law requireth. So that all Popery consider it distinctly from our Religion (because they have that which we have, and some patches of their own) consider it by it self, it is a mere lie.
In disposition he is like the Dragon: The Devill is a Lyer and a Murtherer from the beginning, the father of lies; so likewise the Pope is a Lyar, all Popery is nothing but lies; therefore 2 Thess. 2