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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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I answer: To be a God, take it in the general, is to give being to the creature that had no being of it self, and to protect and preserve the creature in its being, in a word, to be a Creator; for providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation; this is to be a God. The office of God, as God, is a most glorious function: to be a King is a great ⟨p. 118⟩matter, but to be a God, to give being to the creature, to support it when it hath a being, to do all that God should do, this is a most glorious work: but this is but creation, this is not intended especially here, for thus he is the God of all his works; thus by creation and preservation, he is the God of all the men in the world out of the Church.
I answer: To be a God, take it in the generall, is to give being to the creature that had no being of it selfe, and to protect and preserve the creature in its being, in a word, to be a Creatour; for providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation; this is to be a God. The office of God, as God, is a most glorious function: to be a King is a great ⟨p. 118⟩matter, but to be a God, to give being to the creature, to support it when it hath a being, to doe all that God should doe, this is a most glorious worke: but this is but creation, this is not intended especially here, for thus hee is the God of all his workes; thus by creation and preservation, he is the God of all the men in the world out of the Church.
What is then to be thy God? I will be thy God.
I Answer, to be a God in a more peculiar manner, is to be a God in Covenant, that is, not only to be a God to preserve and continue this being of ours in a civill life, but it is to be a God in a higher relation to us, to be a God in a reference to an eternal, supernatural estate in heaven, to be a God here in grace, and hereafter in glory: and thus God is a God in a gracious covenant only by Jesus Christ, and to those that believe in him. I will be thy God: that is, I will be thy God in Christ, to give thee a better being then this world can afford, to free thee from the cursed estate thou art in by nature, to deliver thee from all ill, spiritually and eternally, especially to bestow on thee all good, spiritually, and eternally, especially as we have it in the words of the Covenant