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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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Therefore let us be constant in attending upon good means; we shall alway hear something, that will either strengthen our faith in the promises of God, or show us our duty to God again; we shall have something discovered whereby the spirit will be effectual to help this embracing. Let us go to reading and hearing with this scope, and intention: Now I come to hear, I come to have my soul wrought on; I come to hear some message from heaven, to hear some good thing to ⟨p. 280⟩draw my mind from the world and worldly things; and upon hearing our duty to God, to walk lowly in thankfulness for those good things that we have, and that we hope for in another world? It is no wonder that men lose their affections that are careless in the use of me•nes; and if they loose them, will they not loose all? The best man living if he be care less in using the means of salvation, and give himself to the world altogether, or to his calling, things not in themselves unlawful, his affections will be dead, he shall loose them: for God hath ordained that our affections should be quickened by heavenly means, and GOD knoweth better than we our selves that hath sanctified these means to this purpose. In attending upon the means, we shall hear a discovery of good things, and hear comforts, and have our light strengthened by new discovery of new Scripture, or by old Scriptures lively applied, something to increase the life of our persuasion at every Sermon, and reading good books, and by every good company, and that which increaseth knowledge, and persuasion makes our affection, and embracing stronger.
Therefore let us be constant in attending upon good meanes; we shall alway heare something, that will either strengthen our faith in the promises of God, or shew us our duty to God againe; we shall have something discovered whereby the spirit will bee effectuall to help this imbracing. Let us go to reading and hearing with this scope, and intention: Now I come to heare, I come to have my soule wrought on; I come to heare some message from heaven, to heare some good thing to ⟨p. 280⟩draw my minde from the world and worldly things; and upon hearing our duty to God, to walke lowly in thankefulnesse for those good things that wee have, and that wee hope for in another world? It is no wonder that men lose their affections that are carelesse in the use of menes; and if they loose them, will they not loose all? The best man living if he be care lesse in using the meanes of salvation, and give himselfe to the world altogether, or to his calling, things not in themselves unlawfull, his affections will be dead, he shal loose them: for God hath ordained that our affections should be quickned by heavenly meanes, and GOD knoweth better than wee our selves that hath sanctified these meanes to this purpose. In attending upon the meanes, we shall heare a discovery of good things, and heare comforts, and have our light strengthened by new discovery of new Scripture, or by old Scriptures lively applyed, something to increase the life of our perswasion at every Sermon, and reading good bookes, and by every good company, and that which increaseth knowledge, and perswasion makes our affection, and imbracing stronger.