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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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It were happy if the souls of such creatures were mortal, that labour for a happiness in this life. Oh! that we would think of this. ⟨p. 78⟩[…] ⟨p. 79⟩[…] ⟨p. 78⟩[…] ⟨p. 79⟩[…] ⟨p. 80⟩Most men in the bosom of the Church (which is lamentable to think) they live as if they had no souls: They overturn the order, that God hath set, that hath given us our bodies to serve our souls; they use all the strength, and marrow of their wits; all the excellencies in their souls, for the base satisfaction of the lusts of the body, so much for that point.
It were happy if the soules of such creatures were mortall, that labour for a happinesse in this life. Oh! that we would thinke of this. ⟨p. 78⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 79⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 78⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 79⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 80⟩Most men in the bosome of the Church (which is lamentable to thinke) they live as if they had no soules: They overturne the order, that God hath set, that hath given us our bodies to serve our soules; they use all the strength, and marrow of their wits; all the excellencies in their soules, for the base satisfaction of the lusts of the body, so much for that point.