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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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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.
It follows out of the necessity of the thing it self: for upon the very consideration that a man is an heir of heaven, that he hath another country, and condition, out of the necessity of the thing it self, though there were no other reason for it, the affections of the soul will be closed up (as it were) to other things; and he will consider of other things, in an inferior condition as they are.
It followes out of the necessity of the thing it selfe: for upon the very consideration that a man is an heire of heaven, that he hath another country, and condition, out of the necessitie of the thing it selfe, though there were no other reason for it, the affections of the soule will be closed up (as it were) to other things; and he will consider of other things, in an inferiour condition as they are.