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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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Therefore let us cherish our faith and hope, by often meditation of the blessed estate to come, and think of these two things, of the excellent estate of our bodies and souls then: for if our bodies shall then be glorious like the body of Christ, our souls much more; the inhabitant, which is the special part, the soul shall be much more glorious. Let us think oft of this glory as it is described in the Word; it transcends our thoughts: we cannot think high enough of it, and our interest, and assurance of it. And daily search our selves, whether our hope be good or no, that we have sound evidence, that our title is good to glory. Let us examine our selves by those signs I named before. Where are our ⟨p. 66⟩desires? what work hath the Spirit of God in us? how do we use these bodies of ours? As we use them now, we must look they shall be used hereafter. Let our tongues be our glory now, and they shall be glorious tongues afterward to praise God in heaven: their bodies that have been glorious here, shall be glorious in heaven. We may read our estate to come, by that we are here: those that carry themselves basely, and filthily, and dishonourably here, we may know what will become of them hereafter. Let us oft think of the estate to come, and of our interest in it; and both these together, the excellency of the estate, and our interest in it without deceiving of our souls, what life will it put into all our carriage? what will be grievous to us in this world, when our souls are thus settled? Oh, let us spend a few days fruitfully and painfully here amongst men, and do all the good we can, and use these bodies of ours to all the happy, and blessed services we can; why? we shall have glory more then we can imagine.
Therefore let us cherish our faith and hope, by often meditation of the blessed estate to come, and thinke of these two things, of the excellent estate of our bodies and soules then: for if our bodies shall then be glorious like the body of Christ, our soules much more; the inhabitant, which is the speciall part, the soule shall be much more glorious. Let us thinke oft of this glory as it is described in the Word; it transcends our thoughts: wee cannot thinke high enough of it, and our interest, and assurance of it. And daily search our selves, whether our hope be good or no, that we have sound evidence, that our title is good to glory. Let us examine our selves by those signes I named before. Where are our ⟨p. 66⟩