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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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In the next place, our bodies shall be powerful and vigorous: now they are weak, as Saint Paul saith, 1 Cor. 15. Our bodies are 1•wen in weakness, but then they shall be able to ascend and descend; they shall be strong, even as the body of Christ: we shall have strong bodies, as all imperfection, so all weakness shall be taken away.
In the next place, our bodies shall be powerfull and vigorous: now they are weake, as Saint Paul saith, 1 Cor. 15. Our bodies are 1•wen in weakenesse, but then they shall be able to ascend and descend; they shall be strong, even as the body of Christ: wee shall have strong bodies, as all imperfection, so all weaknesse shall be taken away.
In the sixth place they shall be spiritual ⟨p. 56⟩bodies, that is, they shall not stand in need of meat, and drink, and sleep, and refreshings, as now they do, but Christ will be all in all to them, he will be instead of meat and drink, & clothes: yea, and in stead of the Ordinances that we stand in need of here, the Word, and Sacraments, he will be all in all. And our bodies shall be spiritual in another regard, because they shall be subject to the spirit; whereas now our very spirits are flesh, because the flesh rules and tyrannizeth over them: so our souls follow our bodies, the soul of a carnal man is flesh; but then out flesh, our bodies shall be spiritual, not that they shall be turned into spirits, that is not the meaning, but spiritual bodies; obedient and obsequious to the very guidance of the soul, to a sanctified and glorious soul: these shall be the endowments of our bodies. They shall be perfect bodies, beautiful, glorious, shining bodies, immortal, unchangeable bodies, powerful, strong, and vigorous bodies, ready to move from place to place, and spiritual bodies, they shall stand in need of no other help; and they shall be obedient altogether to the spirit. You see now, how these vile bodies draw away our souls; then all imperfections shall be taken away, we shall have purged bodies, and purged souls. Thus you see wherein the glory of the body shall consist.