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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 the disposition of him that hath truly interest 1in better things (though but in faith, and hope) to be a stranger, and a pilgrim in regard of all things here below.
It is the disposition of him that hath truly interest 1in better things (though but in faith, and hope) to bee a stranger, and a pilgrim in regard of all things here below.
- 1Doct. Gods people strangers on earth.
And this follows the other: for where the eyes of the understanding, are opened, and a man is persuaded, there is an embracing of better things, as our proper good things; there is a considering of all other things as things that do not belong to us, in a manner we are strangers. When faith apprehends Christ, and heaven, and happiness to be our own, and our country to be above: faith apprehending and grasping these things and embracing them: at the same time, it is to be supposed, and necessarily follows; that we are strangers.
And this followes the other: for where the eyes of the understanding, are opened, and a man is perswaded, there is an imbracing of better things, as our proper good things; there is a considering of all other things as things that doe not belong to us, in a manner we are strangers. When faith apprehends Christ, and heaven, and happinesse to be our own, and our country to be above: faith apprehending and grasping these things and imbracing them: at the same time, it is to be supposed, and necessarily followes; that we are strangers.