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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.
So you see, that it is a free Covenant, that's the first quality.
Again, secondly it is a sure, a certain Covenant. I will establish my covenant. But in whom it is established, how cometh it to be sure? It is established in Christ, the Mediator of the covenant, in the Messiah: for in thy seed shall all the Nations of the earth be blessed. That's the fundamental promise, all other promises, the promise, of the Land of Canaan, the promise of the multiplying his seed, as the stars of Heaven, they were all but accessary, this is the grand promise, in thy seed, in Christ, shall all the Nations of the earth be blessed. So it is a sure Covenant, because it is established in the Messiah, Christ, God-man. And Christ being God and man, is fit to be the foundation of the Covenant, between God and man, for he is a friend to both parties: as man, he will do all that is helpful for man, and as God, he will do nothing that may derogate from God; and so being God, and being God and man, he brings God and man together comfortably, and sweetly, and keepeth them together in a sure and firm agreement. For first of all he takes away the cause of division that was between God and us, because by his sacrifice and obedience, he did satisfy Gods wrath, and that being satisfied, God and us are at peace, and friendship: for God till then, though he be a fountain of goodness, yet he was a fountain sealed, the fountain was stopped by sin, but when there is a satisfaction made by Christ, and we believing ⟨p. 251⟩on him, the satisfaction of Christ is made ours, it is a sure Covenant, because it is established in Christ, the blessed seed.
Againe, secondly it is a sure, a certaine Covenant. I will establish my covenant. But in whom it is established, how commeth it to be sure? It is established in Christ, the Mediator of the covenant, in the Messiah: for in thy seed shall all the Nations of the earth bee blessed. That's the fundamentall promise, all other promises, the promise, of the Land of Canaan, the promise of the multiplying his seed, as the starres of Heaven, they were all but accessary, this is the grand promise, in thy seed, in Christ, shall all the Nations of the earth bee blessed. So it is a sure Covenant, because it is established in the Messiah, Christ, God-man. And Christ being God and man, is fit to be the foundation of the Covenant, betweene God and man, for he is a friend to both parties: as man, hee will doe all that is helpefull for man, and as God, he will doe nothing that may derogate from God; and so being God, and being God and man, he brings God and man together comfortably, and sweetly, and keepeth them together in a sure and firme agreement. For first of all hee takes away the cause of division that was betweene God and us, because by his sacrifice and obedience, he did satisfie Gods wrath, and that being satisfied, God and us are at peace, and friendship: for God till then, though he bee a fountaine of goodnesse, yet he was a fountaine sealed, the fountaine was stopped by sinne, but when there is a satisfaction made by Christ, and we believing