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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.
In a word, consider sin in three distinct times, before the commission, in it, and upon the performance: Before, God doth not command it, nor infuse it, but disallow and forbid it: In the sin, he permits it to be done; how? by subtracting of his grace, in not working, then by offering occasions that are good in themselves: And thirdly by tradition, by giving men up to Satan; as here the Beast is given up to Satan, and the Kings were given up to the Beast: So that God gives men up by subtraction of his grace, and by tradition, and then he doth uphold them in the committing of sin, upholds the powers: And when it is done, applies them to this particular, and not to that particular: In the doing of it, he limits it, he sets the bounds of it, both for the time of it, as also for the measure of it, as here ⟨p. 18⟩in the Text: Thus long shall the ten Kings give up their Crowns to the Beast; and thus far shall they go, until the time come, that the Word of God shall be fulfilled: so he limits sin in the committing of it, both for the measure, and also for the time: The Rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the back of the righteous.
In a word, consider sinne in three distinct times, before the commission, in it, and upon the performance: Before, God doth not command it, nor infuse it, but disallow and forbid it: In the sinne, he permits it to be done; how? by substracting of his grace, in not working, then by offering occasions that are good in themselves: And thirdly by tradition, by giving men up to Sathan; as here the Beast is given up to Sathan, and the Kings were given up to the Beast: So that God gives men up by substraction of his grace, and by tradition, and then he doth uphold them in the committing of sinne, upholds the powers: And when it is done, applies them to this particular, and not to that particular: In the doing of it, hee limits it, he sets the bounds of it, both for the time of it, as also for the measure of it, as here ⟨p. 18⟩in the Text: Thus long shall the ten Kings give up their Crownes to the Beast; and thus farre shall they goe, untill the time come, that the Word of God shal be fulfilled: so hee limits sinne in the committing of it, both for the measure, and also for the time: The Rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the backe of the righteous.