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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.
The words (you see) contain a Covenant: and here are all things, all the Articles and circumstances that agree to any Covenant whatsoever.
The words (you see) containe a Covenant: and here are all things, all the Articles and circumstances that agree to any Covenant whatsoever.
Here are the parties, both that makes the Covenant, and that are covenanted with.
Here is the substance of the Covenant, and the qualities of the Covenant, and the condition of the Covenant.
The party making the Covenant, is God; I will be thy God.
God is the party covenanting: God indeed is both the party covenanting, and the substance of the Covenant, I will be a God to thee, they fall both together in one. It is a most sweet sign of Gods great love, that he will stoop so low, as to make a Covenant with us, to be our God, to be himself all in all to us. For consider but both these parties, God and we, the Creator and the creature, the immortal