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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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Everlasting also in regard of the body of Christians, God makes a covenant with one, and when they are gone, with others, always God will have some in Covenant with him, he will have some, to be a God to, when we are gone, so long as the world continueth.
Everlasting also in regard of the body of Christians, God makes a covenant with one, and when they are gone, with others, alwayes God will have some in Covenant with him, he will have some, to be a God to, when we are gon, so long as the world continueth.
So that we see it is in every respect an everlasting covenant, God is everlasting, Christ is everlasting, the graces of the spirit are everlasting. When we are dead, he will be a God unto us, as it is said, I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, their God when they were dead: he is the God of our dust, of our dead bodies; he will raise them up, for they are bodies in Covenant with him, I am the God of whole Abraham, and not of a piece, therefore his body shall rise again. It is an everlasting Covenant. That is the third quality.
So that we see it is in every respect an everlasting covenant, God is everlasting, Christ is everlasting, the graces of the spirit are everlasting. When we are dead, he will be a God unto us, as it is said, I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Iacob, their God when they were dead: he is the God of our dust, of our dead bodies; he will raise them up, for they are bodyes in Covenant with him, I am the God of whole Abraham, and not of a piece, therefore his body shall rise againe. It is an everlasting Covenant. That is the third quality.
Lastly, it is a peculiar Covenant. I will be thy God, and the God of thy seed. All are not the children of Abraham, but they that are of the faith of Abraham, God is in Covenant only with those that answer him, that take him for their God, that are a peculiar people: It is not glorying in the flesh, but there must