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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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First initial glory, in his first conversion, and thereupon the knowledge of his deliverance from that cursed and damnable state that he is in, the knowledge likewise of his title to life everlasting, he comes to have friendship with God, he comes to have his nature renewed that he may be friends with God, there must be an assimilation by the Spirit like God in a holy ⟨p. 446⟩disposition: Now upon the favour of God we come to be friends with God, and to have our natures altered, and hereupon comes those glorious qualifications, as peace, and joy, and consolation in all conditions, and liberty, and boldness to the throne of grace, this is glory beloved. Is it not a glory to be friends with God, and to have God deal with us as friends, to reveal his secrets to us of his love, and grace in Christ, to discover the hidden mysteries of his love to us, that was hid from the beginning of the world? we never know it till our effectual calling, ⟨p. 447⟩till our first conversion, for God to be friends with us all our life, Abraham was the friend of God, and then to have our nature renewed, to have our shame laid aside:1 indeed sin makes us shameful, it is the dishonour, and abasement of the soul: The very change of our nature to be such as God may delight in, this is glory, the Image of God is glory, therefore in Rom. 3. it is said we are stripped, and deprived of the glory of God since the fall, that is, of the Image of God by Adams sin, whereby we resembled God in holiness, so grace whereby we resemble God is ⟨p. 448⟩the Image and likeness of God, and that is the glory of man; If one should ask what is the best glory of a man? that intrinsical glory, that characterizeth a man indeed, it is the stamp of Christ upon him, the Image of the second Adam, in his soul to be like him.
First initiall glory, in his first conversion, and thereupon the knowledge of his deliverance from that cursed and damnable state that he is in, the knowledge likewise of his title to life everlasting, he comes to have friendship with God, he comes to have his nature renewed that he may be friends with God, there must be an assimulation by the Spirit like God in a holy