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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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A wicked man can never desire to be in heaven as he should be: for how should we desire to 1be in heaven? to be freed from sin, that we may praise God, and love God, that there may be no combat between the flesh and the spirit. Can he wish this? No, his happiness is as a swine to wallow in the mire, and he desires to enjoy sensible delights: as for spiritual things, especially the Image of God, and the vision of God, they are not fit objects for him, as far as it is a freedom from sin, but as he hath a conceit, oh, there are goodly things to be seen, &c. So it corresponds with his disposition, but to be free from Sin, and from the conflict of the flesh and spirit, and to be set at ⟨p. 95⟩liberty to serve God alway, he cannot desire it so. Tell him of heaven, he loves it not, there is no gold, there is not that, that he affects, therefore he cares not for it, he cannot relish it, he is not changed. Therefore it is a notable Character of a true Christian to desire heaven, to be freed from sin, to have communion with God in holiness, other prerogatives will follow this.
A wicked man can never desire to be in heaven as he should be: for how should we desire to 1be in heaven? to be freed from sinne, that wee may praise God, and love God, that there may be no combate betweene the flesh and the spirit. Can he wish this? No, his happinesse is as a swine to wallow in the mire, and he desires to enjoy sensible delights: as for spirituall things, especially the Image of God, and the vision of God, they are not fit objects for him, as farre as it is a freedome from sin, but as hee hath a conceit, oh, there are goodly things to be seene, &c. So it corresponds with his disposition, but to bee free from Sin, and from the conflict of the flesh and spirit, and to be set at ⟨p. 95⟩liberty to serve God alway, he cannot desire it so. Tell him of heaven, he loves it not, there is no gold, there is not that, that he affects, therfore he cares not for it, he cannot relish it, he is not changed. Therefore it is a notable Character of a true Christian to desire heaven, to be freed from sinne, to have communion with God in holinesse, other prerogatives will follow this.