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The excellency of the Gospel above the law Wherein the liberty of the sons…The excellencie of the Gospell above the law Wherein the liberty of the sonnes…
The excellency of the Gospel above the law Wherein the liberty of the sons of God is showed. With the image of their graces here, and glory hereafter. Which affords much comfort and great encouragement, to all such as begin timely, and continue constantly in the ways of God. By R. Sibbs, D.D. Mr. of Katherin Hall Cambridge, and preacher of Gray's-Inn, London. Begun in his life time, and published by T.G. and P.N.The excellencie of the Gospell above the law Wherein the liberty of the sonnes of God is shewed. With the image of their graces here, and glory hereafter. Which affords much comfort and great incouragement, to all such as begin timely, and continue constantly in the wayes of God. By R. Sibbs, D.D. Mr. of Katherin Hall Cambridge, and preacher of Grayes-Inne, London. Begun in his life time, and published by T.G. and P.N.
London: printed by Tho. Cotes and John Dawson, 1639
Excellency of the GOSPEL above the LAW. › PartExcellency of the GOSPEL above the LAVV. › Part
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The adversaries of the grace of God, they fall foul upon us, because we preach justification by the free mercy, and love of God in Christ; Oh say they, this is to dead the spirits of men, that they have no care of good works.
The adversaries of the grace of God, they fall foule upon us, because we preach justification by the free mercy, and love of God in Christ; Oh say they, this is to dead the spirits of men, that they have no care of good workes.
Beloved, can there be any greater incentive, and motive in the world, to sanctification, to express ⟨p. 438⟩Christ, and to study Christ, then to consider what favour and mercy we have in Christ? how we are justified, and freed by him, by the glorious mercy of God in Christ? there cannot be a greater, therefore we see here, they depend one upon another, by seeing in the glass of the Gospel, the glory of God, we are transformed from glory to glory: An excellent glass the Gospel is, by seeing Gods love in it, we are changed: The Law is a glass too, but such a glass as Saint James speaks of, that when a man looks into it, and sees his duty, he goes away, and forgets ⟨p. 439⟩all, the Law discovers our sin and misery. Indeed it is a true glass, if we look there, we shall see the true picture of old Adam, and of corruption, but it is such a glass as works nothing upon us, but when this glass is held out by the Ministers of the word, whose office it is to hold the glass to people, when they see the love of God in Christ, this is a changing transforming glass, to make them that were deformed, and disfigured before, that bore upon them the image of Satan before, now to be transformed to be like Christ, by whom they must be saved. Is there any study ⟨p. 440⟩in the world, therefore more excellent then that of the Gospel, and of the mercy of God in Christ, that transforms & changes men from one degree of grace to another, as it follows in the Text.