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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.
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 ⟨p. 115⟩God and mortal man, the glorious God, and dust and ashes, the holy God, and sinful man, the great King of heaven and earth, and Rebels and traitors as we are. For him to condescend so low, as to make a Covenant with us, to enter into Terms and Articles of agreement with us, it is a wondrous sign of his gracious mercy and love; what can we but hope for from so gracious a God? But I shall have occasion to touch that afterward.
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 signe of Gods great love, that he will stoope so low, as to make a Covenant with us, to be our God, to be himselfe all in all to us. For consider but both these parties, God and we, the Creator and the creature, the immortall ⟨p. 115⟩God and mortall man, the glorious God, and dust and afhes, the holy God, and sinfullman, the great King of heaven and earth, and Rebels and traytours as wee are. For him to condescend so low, as to make a Covenant with us, to enter into Termes and Articles of agreement with us, it is a wondrous signe of his gracious mercy and love; what can we but hope for from so gracious a God? But I shall have occasion to touch that afterward.