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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.
But what if they have not Baptism, the seal of the Covenant?
But what if they have not Baptisme, the seal of the Covenant?
That doth not prejudice their salvation, God hath appointed the sacraments to be seals for us, not for himself, he himself keepeth his Covenant, whether we have the seal or no, so long as we neglect it not, therefore we must not think if a child dye before the sacrament of baptism, that God will not keep his Covenant, they have the sanctity, the holiness of the Covenant. You know what David said of his child, I shall go to it, but it shall not return to me, and yet it dyed before it was circumcised. You know they were 40 years in the wilderness and were not circumcised, therefore the sacrament is not of absolute necessity to salvation. So, he is the God of our children, from the conception and birth.
That doth not prejudice their salvation, God hath appointed the sacraments to be seales for us, not for himselfe, hee himselfe keepeth his Covenant, whether we have the seale or no, so long as we neglect it not, therefore we must not thinke if a childe dye before the sacrament of baptisme, that God will not keepe his Covenant, they have the sanctity, the holinesse of the Covenant. You know what David said of his childe, I shall goe to it, but it shall not returne to me, and yet it dyed before it was circumcised. You know they were 40 yeers in the wildernes and were not circumcised, therefore the sacrament is not of absolute necessity to salvation. So, he is the God of our children, from the conception and birth.
But how can God be the God of our children, when they are borne in corruption, Children of wrath? Can they be Children of wrath, and the Children of God both at one time?