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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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Again, we may know that God is our God by this, by our separating from all others, in our selves, and out of our selves, there is a separation in our selves, for there is the first separation. God whose God he is, he giveth them his Spirit, and that like fire severeth the dross, and gathered the sold together, and as heat in the body, that severeth good nourishment, and separateth that which doth not nourish the body, so where the Spirit of God is, he works a separation between the flesh and the spirit, the spirit will know what is spiritual, and vvill discern what is in us that is fleshly, and vvill join to spiritual things, and the spirit vvill be one as it were, there vvill be a sweet agreement in the word, in the Sacraments, in good company, in holy meditation and the like, and a separation from the flesh. A Christian knows, that he is redeemed from himself, (as far as he is naught) we are redeemed from our selves and our own base nature, as well as from hell and damnation, therefore there is first a separation in our selves from our selves, it begins there, we have nothing to do with our corruptions, we will not own them.
Againe, wee may know that God is our God by this, by our separating from all others, in our selves, and out of our selves, there is a separation in our selves, for there is the first separation. God whose God hee is, hee giveth them his Spirit, and that like fire severeth the drosse, and gathered the sold together, and as heate in the body, that severeth good nourishment, and separateth that which doth not nourish the body, sowhere the Spirit of God is, hee workes a separation betweene the flesh and the spirit, the spirit will know what is spirituall, and vvill discerne vvhat is in us that is fleshly, and vvill joyne to spirituall things, and the spirit vvill be one as it vvere, there vvill be a sweet agreement in the vvord, in the Sacraments, in good company, in holy meditation and the like, and a separation from the flesh. A Christian knowes, that hee is redeemed from himselfe, (as farre as hee is naught) we are redeemed from our selves and our owne base nature, as vvell as from hell and damnation, therefore there is first a separation in our selves from our selves, it begins there, vve have nothing to doe vvith our corruptions, we will not owne them.