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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.
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Undoubtedly these and such like works of the Spirit together with the testimony of the Spirit will be wheresoever God is our God.
Vndoubtedly these and such like workes of the Spirit together with the testimony of the Spirit will be wheresoever God is our God.
In a word, to name no more trials but this, whosoever God is a God to, there will be a transforming ⟨p. 139⟩unto God, a transforming unto Christ, in whom God is our God: for we must know that we are renewed according to the Image of the second Adam, our comfort is by God revealed in Christ: If God be our God in Christ, we will be like to God, and that will be known that we are like to God, if we be like to God in the flesh, God incarnate: for we are predestinated to be like God incarnate, God first he is Christs God before he is ours, and as Christ carried himself to God, so if we be Gods, we must carry our selves like Christ, be transformed unto him: how did Christ carry himself to God? God was his God, My God, my God, saith Christ upon the Cross. Now the Gospel showeth that be obeyed his Father in all things, in doing and suffering, Not my will, but thy will be done. You know how full of mercy and compassion he was, how he prayed all night sometimes, though he knew God would bestow things on him without prayer, yet he would pray in order to Gods appointment, you know how full of goodness he was, going about continually doing good, and that in obedience and conscier ceto Gods command: in a word, look how Christ made God his God, and carried himself to God, so must we, for we are predestinated to be transformed to the Image of the second Adam, Christ. Especially observe one thing, (I touched it before) whom we run to and trust to in extremity, is our ⟨p. 140⟩God: Christ in extremity, when he felt the anger, and endured the wrath of God being a surety for our sins, yet My God, my God still, so if we make God our God, chiefly in the greatest extremity, in the time of desertion as Christ did, it is a good sign. I do but touch these things, the point you see is large, I only give you matter of meditation, you may enlarge them your selves in your own thoughts. These I think sufficient trials, whereby you may know whether God be your God.