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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.
But we must know that this is not meant, as if God gave him a right, by putting into the hearts of the Kings to give up their kingdoms to the Beast: but God seeing these ten Horns, these ten Kings to be in a sinful estate, who deserved to be left of him, and to be given up to further illusion, and by with-drawing his grace to give them up to the occasions of sin, to this seducing Beast and Whore, he put into their hearts to give up their kingdoms to the Beast.
But we must know that this is not meant, as if God gave him a right, by putting into the hearts of the Kings to give up their kingdomes to the Beast: but God seeing these ten Hornes, these ten Kings to be in a sinfull estate, who deserved to be left of him, and to bee given up to further illusion, and by with-drawing his grace to give them up to the occasions of sin, to this seducing Beast and Whore, he put into their hearts to give up their kingdomes to the Beast.
But this must be a little cleared. Is God the Author of sin? God put it into their hearts, he ⟨p. 16⟩did not only rule the events, but he put into their hearts, &c.
But this must be a little cleared. Is God the Author of sinne? God put it into their hearts, he ⟨p. 16⟩did not only rule the events, but he put into their hearts, &c.
I answer: The phrases of the Scripture are well enough known in this kind. God gave them up to a reprobate sense, Rom. 1. 12. The falling of the people from Rehoboam, it is said, it was of the Lord; And God bad Shimei rail, divers such phrases there are in the Scripture: How must these be understood? thus. Not that God doth allow or command any thing that is evil, much less that he doth infuse any evil into men, so that, when it is said he put these things into their hearts, here is neither an outward command, nor an inward infusion; what is it then? Here is a finding of them in an evil and sinful estate, and God useth that evil and mischief, and wickedness that he finds to his own end, and purpose, He infuseth no malice or evil, but finding of it he useth it to his own particular end and purpose, & makes way and vent for it upon particular occasions. These ten Kings, he infuseth no love of superstition into them, but finding them evil, and not as they should be Subjects of his kingdom, and misliking his sweet government, it was just with God to give them up to be slaves to the Beast, & by consequence to the Devil himself, that spake and wrought by the Beast: So I say God took away the impediments, and opened a way to their evil disposition: He used their evil disposition to this or that particular thing, even as a Workman